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/ 10 February 2012
South Africa’s economy could win if the unfair benefits accruing to producers of synthetic fuels ended.
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/ 30 December 2011
State-owned oil company PetroSA has denied responsibility for the oil pollution at Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay following an investigation.
National oil company PetroSA has appointed another acting chief executive officer, Yekani Tenza, while it endeavours to fill the post permanently.
Fuel industry workers who are members of Solidarity have suspended their strike and will return to work, the union said on Wednesday afternoon.
At a conference, Vusi Pikoli identified two cases as definitive for the future of SA’s anti-graft efforts: the arms deal and Oilgate.
The Supreme Court of Appeal delivered a landmark judgment that sealed the <i>M&G</i>’s victory in a five-year legal battle with the public protector.
Labour union Solidarity said it had declared a wage dispute in the country’s petroleum sector after negotiations failed.
<b>Godwin Sweto</b> responds to Jeremy Wakeford’s opinion piece on Project Mthombo, PetroSA’s proposed 360 000 barrels-a-day crude-refinery project.
In the face of falling oil supplies and rising prices PertoSA’s planned oil refinery will run into trouble.
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/ 18 January 2011
The fraud case against late controversial businessman Sandile Majali was formally withdrawn in the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday.
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/ 12 October 2010
SA and Angola are close to signing an oil deal that could see PetroSA enter exploration and refining operations in Angola, media said on Tuesday.
Turmoil has enveloped the top echelons of fuel parastatal PetroSA, with three top executives being suspended last week and then reinstated this week.
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/ 21 September 2009
PetroSA said on Monday it would be unable to produce some gas products up to November 14 due to planned maintenance.
Papers filed in a court case shed light on a bizarre spy war at PetroSA that involved a bug sweep by the National Intelligence Agency.
Sasol, PetroSA and Engen trade unions have declared a dispute with their employers after wage talks broke down, Solidarity said on Friday.
PetroSA executives were paid to take the ‘risk’ of promotion, writes Yolandi Groenewald.
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/ 8 December 2008
PetroSA has awarded US-based KBR a R1-billion engineering contract at its planned 400 000 barrels-per-day Coega oil refinery, officials say.
South Africa is not immune to global market turmoil, much as we would like to think otherwise.
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/ 5 September 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s oil largesse could come at a cost to South Africa, an oil analyst said this week.
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/ 1 September 2008
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is set to jet into SA this week to sign a bi-lateral energy agreement with the government that involves PetroSA.
A new refinery in South Africa is likely to be the only one to go ahead in the short-term from a slew of projects proposed in sub-Saharan Africa, analysts say. Dozens of developments have been announced in recent years in countries including Angola, Nigeria and Zimbabwe but most will stay on the drawing board.
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/ 24 October 2007
National oil company PetroSA is to construct a R39-billion crude-oil refinery in Coega near Port Elizabeth, the company announced on Wednesday. Dubbed Project Mthombo, the proposed crude-oil refinery is expected to produce about 200 000 barrels of fuel a day and will come on stream in 2014/15.
The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on Wednesday submitted a formal complaint about alleged fraud, theft and corruption at Parliament to the Public Protector and the National Prosecuting Authority. The complaint deals with contracts awarded to African Strategic Asset Protection for revamping and maintaining Parliament’s access and security system.
A M&G investigation into covert party funding has revealed how R11-million of public money was diverted to ANC coffers ahead of the 2004 elections.