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Sasol Technology has given KBR two contracts to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services, and basic engineering services for two of its petrochemical projects in Sasolburg.

PetroSA has given KBR a contract to provide feasibility and front-end engineering and design (FEED) study services for its proposed 400,000 b/d Coega refinery known as Project Mthombo. KBR said it would work with PetroSA “to provide a sustainable and commercially viable solution to the liquid fuels supply challenges faced in South Africa”.

South Africa-based Engen Petroleum has completed the purchase of Total’s downstream operations in Guinea Bissau, Rwanda and Burundi. The agreement, signed on 31 July in Paris and effective from 19 November, sees Engen take over Total’s shareholding in Total Rwanda and in Total Burundi.

Denham Capital, a US-based, energy and commodities-focused private equity firm, plans to invest up to $150m in Johannesburg-based BioTherm Energy, which develops, acquires, owns and operates waste to energy, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the 5MW-100MW range.

GE Energy has signed a 15-year service agreement with Sasol to provide monitoring and diagnostics for the synthetic fuels company’s new 280MW power plant in Secunda.

Eskom has secured a $500m 20-year loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help finance its capacity expansion programme (AE 149/11).

The Johannesburg-based South African National Energy Research Institute (Saneri) has been awarded the rights to host the Southern African Regional Secretariat for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).

Eskom says it has prequalified 27 companies or consortia as potential independent power project developers under its multi-site base load independent power producer programme.

IPSA Group has reached agreement with Elitheni Coal to supply the coal for some 250MW of its initial power projects in the Eastern Cape.

South Africa’s Exxaro Resources has signed an agreement with Eskom for the supply of 14.6m t/yr of coal over the next 40 years for the Medupi power station.

Eskom has invited bids for the supply of flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment for its Kusile coal-fired power station near Witbank, in Mpumalanga province.

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Homeland Energy Group announced on 23 September the signing of its first sales contracts for about 500,000t of thermal coal from its newly inaugurated Kendal mine near Witbank.

Eskom has turned to the government to act as the guarantor for existing and future debt. Eskom is seeking to raise around R150bn ($18.5bn) through bank borrowing and bond sales, most of which will be spent on new coal-fired power stations, although Eskom’s capital spending programme also includes a second nuclear power plant and new combined cycle gas-fired units.

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