• mega oil refinery creates new hope
  • mega oil refinery creates new hope
  • mega oil refinery creates new hope
  • mega oil refinery creates new hope
  • Does South Africa need a mega oil refinery?
  • The South African government has reiterated its stance that South African needs a mega oil refinery despite “fundamental changes” under way globally, including the transition to electric mobility.
  • Which oil refinery will reach an all-time high in 2023?
  • Vitol Group, the world’s largest independent oil trader, said last month that global refinery runs will reach an all-time high later this year. That follows some additions in 2023, as Kuwait’s giant Al-Zour refinery began operating in earnest.
  • Will BP & Shell invest in SAPREF refinery?
  • In addition, it has expressed an eagerness to pursue the development in partnership with a regional oil company at the mothballed Sapref refinery site, which BP and Shell sold to the State-owned Central Energy Fund for R1 in 2024.
  • Why are China's oil refineries cutting production?
  • Earnings from turning crude oil into petroleum products have softened this year, driving refineries in some parts of the world to cut production. Lackluster demand growth, largely reflecting China’s economic torpor, is a big part of the story but there’s also a structural element — surging capacity.
  • Why do refiners have to come back to reality?
  • “Refiners know they have to come back to reality and to deliver good results with lower margins.” The new plants are helping to drive a reversal of the boom that was spurred by the mothballing of capacity during the pandemic, the later resurgence in demand, and then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its rupturing of fuel markets.
  • Should we build a refinery at Sapref?
  • “We need to build a refinery, whether it’s at Sapref or elsewhere,” he said, with government having previously proposed that a refinery be developed at Coega, in the Eastern Cape. “ [And] we can’t have a Sapref that comes back at 180 000 bbl/day. Sapref must come back at 400 000 bbl/day or more,” he averred.