In South Africa, Chevron on Thursday revealed that its Cape Town Refinery’s annual safety and maintenance inspection which is scheduled to commence from February 1, 2016, will result in a necessary economic injection in the Western Cape.

The company had spent R412-million on last year’s inspection which created approximately 3 000 extra jobs. It however, estimates this year’s shutdown to cost R25-million and expects the creation of around 300 extra jobs all through the inspection period.

Doug Pottenger, Chevron Cape Town General Manager, noted that the inspection will guarantee sufficient product supply across all our markets. He added that the logistics behind this kind of inspection will generate a positive flow effect in the region as over 90 tons of materials would be used during the inspection, Engineering news reports.

Anita Fatunji