August 30, 2019:

Engen Refinery, South Africa’s second largest oil refinery, is set to undergo a planned maintenance Outage. Starting on 2 September 2019, this scheduled activity forms part of the refinery’s ongoing maintenance programme, with 21 days planned for reformer regeneration activities and 63 days for maintenance of the plant’s alkylation unit.  Sykry Hassim, General Manager of the Engen Refinery, explains that routine planned maintenance is essential for the safe and reliable operation of the facility.  “The planned outage will primarily focus on essential plant maintenance and inspection activities in the alkylation unit as well as reformer catalyst regeneration activities,” says Hassim.  Additional resource requirements over this period will see the creation of approximately 1,500 temporary positions for both skilled and unskilled workers, many of whom have been sourced from the local South Durban community.  The Engen Refinery produces approximately 17% of South Africa’s fuel.

By petrolplaza.com