A number of refineries in Africa have been offline, either following maintenance as Zambia’s Indeni, or due to a lack of crude supply as Ghana’s Tema. Two refineries in South Africa also remain offline Engen’s Durban and the Cape Town refinery as well as Cameroon’s Limbe. Near-term maintenance New and revised entries .
Refinery news roundup: Some refineries in Africa remain offline
In South Africa, both the Engen and Cape Town refineries remain offline, whereas Zambia’s Indeni is not expected to restart after a maintenance until later this year.
Overall refining output in Africa remains low as many refineries remain closed or are operating intermittently, according to Africa-focused oil consultancy CITAC.
In South Africa alone, refinery output fell 28% last year as all refineries were closed in April and May due to the lockdown.
In April, South Africa’s Engen said it will be proceeding with the conversion of its Durban refinery into a terminal. Astron Energy’s Cape Town will remain closed until 2022, after an incident in July 2020, S&P Global Platts data reported earlier.
OPM strategizing to ably whip public servants, business
May 11, 2021
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After assessing itself as having achieved 95 per cent of its respective targets in the NRM Manifesto 2016-2021, the Office of the Prime Minister looks ahead to restructuring itself for purposes of scoring even greater heights.
Moses Kizige, the state minister for Karamoja Affairs, said this while presenting the report on the implementation of the NRM Manifesto 2016-2021 Commitments and the presidential Strategic Guidelines and Directives for 2016-2021 on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The report was officially scheduled to be presented by the minister for General Duties at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Mary Karooro Okurut.
Uganda’s oil journey to a $15 billion investment
April 14, 2021 Written by CRISTAL ADVOCATES
There was palpable excitement in 2006 when Uganda found oil that the government organised national thanksgiving prayers on October 8, 2006 to celebrate this feat.
To the ordinary folk, an immediate economic bonanza that is yet to materialise was imminent! As a nascent country finding oil for the first time, it is not surprising that it has been a long journey to the Final Investment Decision (FID).
There was lot of work to be embarked upon putting in place the necessary legislative framework and enabling infrastructure. Uganda’s petroleum discoveries were made at a time of rising oil prices and raging resource na