- SAPIA
SAPIA (South African Petroleum Industry Association) was formed in July
1994 by six ofSouth Africa 's leadingpetroleum refining and marketing companies namely:* BP (SA) (PTY) LTD
* Caltex Oil (SA) (PTY) LTD
* Engen Petroleum LTD
* Shell (SA) (PTY) LTD
* Total (SA) (PTY) LTD
* Zenex Oil (PTY) LTD (No longer a member)Die stated goal of the organization is to represent the interest of the petroleum refining and marketing industry in South Africa. The organization's aim is to ensure that all interested parties clearly understand the contribution that this industry makes to the economic and social development of South Africa. Zenex Oil (PTY) LTD has subsequently become part of Engen Petroleum LTD. Sasol LTD and TEPCO Petroleum (PTY) LTD joined the organization in
2000 .Mossgas (PTY) LTD was replaced byPetroSA (PTY) LTD in2002 .The organization is managed by a board with representation from each of the member companies. The organization's headquarters is situated in
Cape Town with Mr. C (Connel) Ngcukana as its current executive director.The organization's [http://www.sapia.co.za website] has useful information as to how fuel prices in South Africa are determined (many liquid fuels in South Africa is subject to price controls). The site also has valuable information on the demand for liquid fuel in South Africa.
The organization was in the news early in 1995 during the arguments about the protection that
Sasol (Then not yet a member) has been receiving from government. SAPIA withdrew itself in this year from theNEDLAC initiative's liquid fuels task team in protest and was strongly criticized for this move, especially byCosatu .References
* [http://www.sapia.co.za Sapia's website]
* [http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/anctoday/2003/text/at48.txt ANC newsletter from 2003] - with an article discussing SAPIA's role in the drafting ofSouth Africa's Liquid Fuels Charter .
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