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Click here to view the draft Discussion document on the review of fuel specifications and standards for South Africa. |
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The Department of Energy is committed to the promotion of liquid
petroleum gas (LPG), which is cleaner and safer and
can serve as an efficient burning energy source.
It is better-burning fuel for cooking and heating and does not
generate smoke, dust and choking fumes like most other hydrocarbon
fuels. The government is committed to making liquid petroleum
gas more affordable for cooking and heating to reduce the need
for large investments in power generation.
The LPG
Association undertook to connect 250 000 low-income households
by March 2005 and a further 3-million by 2008. However, only
23 000 households were connected by March 2005. The department
is addressing the problems of this project.
For example, among the obstacles encountered was the price of
LPG and the cost of cylinders. Once these become affordable,
a large market will open up. Eskom
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The import of refined products is restricted to special cases where local producers cannot meet demand. It is subject to state control to promote local refinery utilisation.
When overproduction occurs, export permits are required and generally granted, provided that both South Africa's and other Southern African Customs Union members' requirements are met. More diesel than petrol is exported, owing to the balance of supply and demand of petrol and diesel relative to refinery configurations.
Although petrol and diesel make up 55 percent of total liquid-fuel exports, South Africa is also the main supplier of all other liquid fuels to Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
To read the guidelines governing the recommendations by the
Department of Energy to the International Trade Commission in
respect of the importation and exportation of crude oil, petroleum
products and blending components, click
here. |
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