MEDIA RELEASE
30 October 2006

FIRE AT SAPREF

At about 09:00 on 28 October 2006 a fire occurred at the SAPREF refinery on a diesel desulphurisation unit. SAPREF’s emergency crew responded immediately and quickly brought the fire under control. There were no injuries.

The incident was reported to the relevant authorities. A full investigation has started to establish the cause of the fire.

The desulphurization unit removes sulphur from diesel fuel and is one of four such units at the SAPREF refinery. The remainder of the refinery is operating as normal.

Whilst smoke from the fire was visible and would have caused concern, the Multipoint Plan air quality data did not reflect any change to the normal ambient air quality and sulphur dioxide emissions remained well below SAPREF’s self imposed and permit levels.

For further information please contact:

Prudence Mbatha
Communications Officer
SAPREF
Tel: (031) 480 1303
Fax: (031) 468 1111
Email: mbathap@sapref.com