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12/03/2008 |
SAPREF Refinery Shutdown |
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During the heavy storm on the night of 11 March, the boilers at the SAPREF refinery tripped resulting in the loss of utilities such as steam. This necessitated the refinery being safely shutdown with resultant flaring. |
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11/02/2008 |
BEE FIRMS CLINCH BUNKER BARGES CONTRACT |
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In a deal worth some USD 75 million over five years, two BEE barge operators are to take over the supply of bunker fuel to ships in the port of Durban for SAPREF. Presently about 60% of bunker fuel is supplied by pipeline in the port and the contracts will enable a move to full bunker barge delivery. This follows previous notification from the National Port Authority and South African Port Operator (NPA/SAPO) that the use of pipelines for delivering bunkers in the Container Terminal and New Pier would cease |
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08/011/2007 |
SAPREF refinery to get new managing director08 November 2007 |
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SAPREF announced today the appointment of Bart Voet as Managing Director to succeed Wayne Pearce, who moves to The Hague to take up a new role as Global Manager Process Safety Assurance with Shell. |
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12/9/2007 |
Winning school-going entrepreneurs cash in |
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Twenty-four businesswise KZN learners will receive cash prizes totalling R18 000 at the prize-giving ceremony of the SAPREF Mercury School Entrepreneurs Competition in Durban on September 18. |
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31/08/2007 |
SAPREF and Shell Chemicals pull together in a science education investment in Isipingo |
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SAPREF and Shell Chemicals have joined forces to provide fourteen science kits for 14 schools in the Isipingo area to the cost of R135 000. |
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09/07/2007 |
SMME CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON PETROCHEMICAL AND MUNICIPAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES |
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The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with SAPREF (our business is more than a refinery), and the EThekwini Municipality, today hosted a conference to assist historically disadvantaged South African (HDSA) SMMEs to access business........ |
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22/06/2007 |
2006 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT LAUNCH
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SAPREF today (22 June) released its annual report to stakeholders entitled ?Sustainability
In Focus?.
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| 22/04/2007 |
Fire at Refinery
- 04h00 Sunday 22 April 2007 |
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At approximately 04h00 on Sunday 22 April
2007 a fire occurred in the central zone of the refinery. The on
site Emergency crew responded immediately and extinguished the
fire. A full investigation will be done. |
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| 15/03/2007 |
SDCEA CLEAN
FUELS BOOKLET |
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SAPREF commented on the drafts of the
SDCEA clean fuels booklet, providing factual information where
clarity was required.
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| 02/02/2007 |
Excavator aaccidentally
damages diesel pipeline |
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WHILST work was being conducted on
SAPREF’s Pipeline Replacement Project in the vicinity of Alabama
and Tara Roads, an excavator accidently damaged a one inch......
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| 01/02/2007 |
SAPREF response
to the FoE campaign February 2007 |
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SAPREF is committed to continually
improving its operational and environmental performance and has
implemented several initiatives to reduce its environmental
impact.
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| 21/11/2006 |
SAPREF and BP
pull together in a science education investment in Umlazi |
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SAPREF and one of its shareholders BP
have joined forces to establish a R200 000 science laboratory in
Umlazi. The laboratory, which is being officially launched
today, will be used by 10 schools in the area. |
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| 21/11/2006 |
SAPREF and Shell
Chemicals pull together in a science education investment |
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SAPREF and sister company Shell Chemicals
have joined forces to provide seven science kits for seven
schools in the Merebank and Wentworth area to the cost of R110
000.The kits which will be used by learners in Grade 10-12
comprise of mini chemistry equipment.... |
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| 10/11/2006 |
SDCEA picket |
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SAPREF RESPONSE TO PICKET BY THE SOUTH
DURBAN COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (SDCEA)
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| 03/11/2006 |
SOCCER TOURNAMENT
CEMENTS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP |
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SAPREF today released its annual report
to stakeholders entitled “Sustainability In Focus”.
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| 30/10/2006 |
FIRE AT SAPREF |
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SAPREF today released its annual report
to stakeholders entitled “Sustainability In Focus”.
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| 20/09/2006 |
SAPREF START-UP
ON COURSE |
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The SAPREF refinery, which has been
undergoing a planned maintenance shutdown since 26 June 2006, is
in the process of starting up all units that were involved. The
refinery commenced start up of the boilers on 23 August 2006 and
has been progressively starting units since then. |
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| 26/06/2006 |
SAPREF geared
up for planned maintenance shutdown |
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SAPREF started a major maintenance
shutdown at the Prospecton refinery this week following two
years of forward planning. The shutdown will extend over eight
weeks, from 26 June to 26 August for normal maintenance work on
a number of units. At the same time the refinery will take the
opportunity to do some project work to improve the reliability
of certain equipment.
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| 02/06/2006 |
SAPREF’S 2005
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT LAUNCH |
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SAPREF today released its annual report
to stakeholders entitled “Sustainability In Focus”.
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| 07/04/2006 |
Minister praises SAPREF for Clean Fuels project. |
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SAPREF's new cleaner fuels plant has done more than eliminate lead from petrol and reduce sulphur in diesel - it has boosted local employment, pumped millions of rands into BEE and is designed to produce products with a direct environmental benefit.
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| 06/04/2006 |
The Interrogator. |
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Residents of the Bluff, Wentworth, Austerville and Merebank may have noticed this unusual sight recently along the main roads in their neighbourhoods. The equipment, which looks like a lawnmower, is called an "Interrogator" and is being used to gather data for SAPREF's petroleum pipeline replacement project.
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| 13/12/2005 |
CLEAN FUELS ON TRACK, ON TIME! |
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The SAPREF refinery is operating at normal production capacity and according to plan. SAPREF is ready to meet the government deadline for all refineries to phase out the use of lead in petrol and lower the sulphur content in diesel by 1 January 2006.
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| 25/10/2005 |
LEAFLET TO HELP RESIDENTS IDENTIFY ODOURS |
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A leaflet has been produced by the environmental task team of the Sapref Community Liaison Forum (CLF) to help South Durban residents identify odours and their possible causes. It lists odours as well as possible sources. The leaflet also explains the process when odours are reported to the eThekwini Health Department or to Sapref. |
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| 20/10/2005 |
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP HELPS ACHIEVE SOCCER DREAMS |
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The nine schools participating in the SAPREF Community Liaison Forum's Soccer Development Programme took part in a tournament at the Tara Road Grounds in Wentworth today. |
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| 21/09/2005 |
LION Project exceeds BEE targets |
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SAPREF's R700 million cleaner fuels project (called LION) has exceeded its target for Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) procurement, with R150 million of the South African based capital expenditure going to BEE companies. This equates to a BEE spend of total procurement and contracts of 31% exceeding the 25% target set for 2005. At the same time, SAPREF's focus on providing employment for south Durban residents in the construction of the LION project has resulted in 70 percent of the nearly 1445 people employed so far coming from neighbouring communities. |
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| 22/07/2005 |
SAPREF Releases it 2004 annual report |
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SAPREF today (22 July) released its annual report to stakeholders entitled "Towards Sustainability 2004". |
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| 05/04/2005 |
SAPREF, SAPS Venture at KwaShaka |
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A multi-sectorial approach between the SAPS Umlazi, the SAPREF crude oil refinery, local city councillors and the Durban South Community Policing Forum (CPF) is expected to yield results in fighting crime in the Umlazi area. |
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| 18/05/2005 |
SAPREF STATEMENT ON THE FLARING BOOKLET PRODUCED BY THE SOUTH DURBAN COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (SDCEA) |
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SAPREF agreed to participate in the production of the flaring booklet as we believed it could be useful in building public knowledge of flaring at the refineries in South Durban if it was accurate and wholly in context to crude oil refining. |
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| 05/03/2005 |
Lord Oxburgh visits SAPREF |
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Lord Oxburgh, non-executive chairman of
The "Shell" International Transport &Trading Company, p.l.c.,
visited SAPREF |
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| 22/01/2005 |
LION heavy load |
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SAPREF’s cleaner fuels project receives its first shipment of large equipment as it approaches halfway..... |
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| 11/10/2004 |
SAPREF's clean fuels project exceeds BEE targets |
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SAPREF's R700 million cleaner fuels project (called LION) has exceeded its target for Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) procurement, with 78 percent or R125 million of the South African based capital expenditure going to BEE companies. The target for... |
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| 11/10/2004 |
SAPREF gears up for planned maintenance shutdown |
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SAPREF gears up for planned maintenance shutdown. 11 October 2004. SAPREF starts a six-week long major maintenance shutdown on 14 October following about 20 months of forward planning. The maintenance programme will involve a complete shutdown of a crude distiller, the visbreaker and a sulph... |
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| 11/10/2004 |
SAPREF to take action on eThekwini Pipeline Study |
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SAPREF, the 50/50 joint venture between Shell SA Energy and BP Southern Africa, supports the findings of the independent study carried out on its underground transfer lines by Pipeline Performance Technologies (PPT) saying it allows them to take action and move forward in two significant ways... |
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| 08/10/2004 |
Industry pulls together in a science education investment in Lamontville |
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Three south Durban companies, Engen, Mondi and SAPREF, have joined forces to establish a R200 000 science laboratory in Lamontville. The laboratory, which is being officially launched today, will be used by all the schools in the township. The project involved converting a classroom at the Lamontville Hi... |
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| 04/10/2004 |
Response to SDCEA's media release of 4 October 2004 |
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SAPREF rejects the allegation that it is conspiring to withhold key information regarding its pipelines. The pipeline study was commissioned by the eThekwini Heath Department. They have subsequently advised us that, given their role in initiating the study, the City would publicly release the report. As the... |
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