Natref Sasolburg Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Sasol 63,64% / Total 36,36% Website: http://www.sasol.com/ Location: Sasolburg, South Africa Capacity: 5.04 million tons/annum & 108,500 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: 90% Brief Description Natref, South Africa's only inland crude oil refinery, is a medium sized technologically advanced refinery, highly efficient in refining heavy crude oil Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Fluid catalytic cracking unit, (FCC) - 18,000 bpd Distillate Hydrocracker Black Oil Hydrocracker Platformer - 14,500 bpd Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply Heavy Crude Oil Products Produced diesel, petrol, jet fuel and LPG Ongoing Projects The refinery has just completed a project to improve refinery depth and expand capacity Other Information - History 1971 - Refinery Commissioned 1993 - Refinery upgraded and expanded to 86,000 bpd 1999 - Foster Wheeler chosen for basic engineering for an expansion project 2001 - Fire at the refinery kills 2 people 2004 - Fluor Awarded clean fuels project 2005 - Investment project launched to lower sulphur content in diesel 2009 - The energy regulator awarded a licence for the building of a product pipeline between the refinery and Sasol Secunda Refinery Relevant Links Refinery webpage, Total Natref to reopen next month, Sept 2001 Natref 2000 Refinery Expansion Project - Foster Wheeler Selected To Perform Basic Engineering Natref refinery's innovative R600 million investment to lower sulphur content in diesel Fluor Selected By Sasol to Upgrade South African Refinery Approval of Pipeline Construction Licence