Cape Town Refinery 'Extremely Unlikely' to Reopen
Cape Town Refinery 'Extremely Unlikely' to Reopen by Ship & Bunker News Team Thursday April 29, 2021 A further blow to Durban refinery, with shipping intelligence service Alphatanker arguing it is now 'extremely unlikely' that the Cape Town refinery will reopen. Local refiner Engen announced last week that it would be turning its plant near Durban into a storage terminal following a fire at the end of last year. Production at Astron Energy's Cape Town refinery has also been suspended after a fire in July of last year. The Cape Town plant "is extremely unlikely to reopen, considering ...