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Total embarks on R140m SA expansion and upgrade

10th May 2013

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Fuel and lubricants specialist Total South Africa (SA) will inject R140-million into the upgrade and expansion of its two facilities at Durban’s Island View Terminal (IVT) over the next two years.

The group, which recently secured a new 15-year lease with the Transnet National Ports Authority, would spend R50-million on upgrading its IVT-based blend plant, Total SA MD and CEO and Total Southern Africa executive VP Christian des Closières said last month.

The upgrade would comprise modernising of the filling lines, establishing an on-site laboratory, advancing quality control measures and improving the health and safety features of the facility.

Any additional blended lubricants output after the upgrade would be directed into the Southern African Development Community countries, which Des Closières said was a growth market for lubricant products.

Another R90-million was allocated to the expansion of Total’s oil and fuel storage depot, from its current on-site capacity of 17% of all the fuel marketed by the group, to 26% by completion in 2014.

“As a result of this expansion, there will be better integration into national infrastructure, such as Transnet’s new multiproduct pipeline and capacity for future growth will be catered for and enabled,” he said.

The upgrade and expansion projects, which will kick off in the middle of this year when the company will issue requests for tenders, are expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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