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CAPE TOWN, Dec 4 (Reuters) – There was an explosion at South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday morning, a neighborhood metropolitan police official advised Reuters, including it was not but clear whether or not there had been accidents or deaths.
A spokesman for Engen, which operates the refinery, stated he would remark later in a press release.
In accordance with Engen’s web site, the Durban plant has a crude refining capability of 120,000 barrels per day.
It was not instantly clear if there was any affect on the refinery’s manufacturing.
Africa’s most industrialised financial system has six refineries, 4 utilizing crude oil and two artificial gas as feedstock. It’s a web importer of petroleum merchandise.
(Reporting by Wendell Roelf, writing by Alexander Profitable; Enhancing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Himani Sarkar)
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