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South African Petroleum Industry Association. South African Petroleum Industry Association ( SAPIA) was formed in July 1994 by six of South Africa 's leading petroleum refining and marketing companies namely: The stated goal of the organisation is to represent the interests of the petroleum refining and marketing industry in South Africa.
The average price in 2012 was $3.618 per US gallon ($0.96/L), the highest ever yearly average as of 31 December 2012. As of 31 December 2012, the average price of gasoline was $3.298/US gal ($0.87/L), with New York at $3.70/US gal ($0.98/L) for the highest in the US, and Colorado at $2.987/US gal ($0.79/L) for the lowest.
The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [ 1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [ 2] Nearby infrastructure was damaged by the explosion.
Filling station. A filling station (also known as a gas station [ US] or petrol station [ UK ]) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold in the 2010s were gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel . Fuel dispensers are used to pump gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, compressed hydrogen ...
Caltex is a petroleum brand name of Chevron Corporation used in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and Southern Africa. [ 1] Headquartered in Singapore, it is also the brand name of non-Chevron petroleum companies in some countries (such as New Zealand, and previously Australia and South Africa) under a trademark licensing agreement with ...
Crude Oil (18%) Renewables & Waste (11%) Gas (3%) Nuclear (2%) Geothermal (1%) South Africa has a large energy sector, being the third-largest economy in Africa. The country consumed 227 TWh of electricity in 2018. [ 2] The vast majority of South Africa's electricity was produced from coal, with the fuel responsible for 88% of production in ...
South Africa's energy crisis or load shedding is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months of 2007 towards the end of Thabo Mbeki 's second term as president, and continues to the present. [ 1][ 2] The South African government-owned national power utility, and primary power generator ...
June. 5 – The Japanese government announces that South Africans will no longer be granted visas to enter Japan. July. 7 – New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa. [3] September. 22–23 – Prime Minister of South Africa John Vorster and President of Côte d'Ivoire Félix Houphouët-Boigny hold talks. October