summary for crude oil refinery machine in south africa

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Why is South Africa still refining crude oil?
  • South Africa is refining less crude oil and only two refineries remain operational as it has become increasingly expensive to operate refineries and more affordable to import refined product. The only refineries operating are a crude refinery and a synfuels refinery after the biggest crude oil refinery ceased refining at the end of March 2022.
  • What is the largest crude oil refinery in South Africa?
  • Created in 1963, Sapref is the largest crude oil refinery in South Africa with a capacity of 180,000 bbl/d, accounting for 35% of the country’s refining capacity. There are three other refineries in South Africa: Engen (120 kb/d), Caltex Oil (110 kb/d), and Natref (105 kb/d).
  • What is South Africa’s Crude oil refining capacity?
  • To illustrate: at its peak in 2014, South Africa ’s crude oil refinery capacity was about 508000 bbl/d of crude, with an additional 195000 bbl/d of synthetic fuel, totalling about 703000 bbl/d ? about 0.6% of the total global refining capacity.
  • Could BP and Shell sell South Africa’s oil refineries?
  • It was also possible that those refineries currently associated with international oil majors that had signalled a desire to withdraw from refining, such as BP and Shell, could seek to sell their South African refining assets, he said. BP and Shell currently own the 165 000 bbl/d Sapref refinery in Durban, which is South Africa ’s largest.