Fuel refineries in a fine mess: Donât worry! â petroleum industry 10 December 2020 9:16 AM Avhapfani Tshifularo Share This: South Africaâs fuel refineries are in trouble, but increased imports will ensure we donât run dry, says the SA petroleum industry. South Africa has the capacity to refine about two-thirds of the fuel it uses; the rest we ship in. Two (Cape Town and Durban) of the countryâs six refineries are offline; our fuel imports may soon have to skyrocket. Refilwe Moloto asked Avhapfani Tshifularo (Executive Director of the South African Petroleum Industry Association) what is happening and how fuel prices could be affected.