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    Gas Industry South Africa

    The Gas Industry in South Africa 2022

    Stephen Timm | South Africa | 20 October 2022

    The Gas Industry in South Africa 2018

    Carole Veitch | South Africa | 17 September 2018

    The Gas Industry in South Africa 2017

    Carole Veitch | South Africa | 14 July 2017

    The Gas Industry in South Africa 2014

    Carole Veitch | South Africa | 26 May 2014

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    Report Coverage

    This report on the gas industry in South Africa provides comprehensive information on production, demand, prices and trade statistics of various forms of gas and developments including exploration, discoveries and corporate actions. There is information on gas infrastructure and pipelines, gas to power and the role of gas in energy transition. The report includes profiles of 13 companies such as state-owned PetroSA, major players such as Sasol Gas, local producer Renergen and wholesalers such as Afrox.

    The Gas Industry in South Africa

    South Africa faces a number of challenges such as a lack of supply and insufficient gas infrastructure. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy wants to anchor gas demand on gas-to-power projects which it argues can help address the country’s electricity shortage and help create a gas industry. However, the sector faces an increasing number of challenges from environmental activists who have argued that as gas is a fossil fuel, the country should not be investing in it, despite the government and experts arguing that it can be deployed in the energy transition while more renewable energy projects come online.

    Significant Discoveries

    The 2019 condensate discovery off the southern coast of South Africa and two new Namibia finds in early 2022 by Shell and TotalEnergies are expected to attract major oil companies and drive significant new upstream oil activity offshore. There is also onshore potential for both coal bed methane and shale gas, with significant recoverable shale gas resources in the semi-desert Karoo Basin.

    Declining Production

    Currently the country has only one liquefied natural gas producer, Renergen, which produces small amounts from its Virginia Gas Project in the Free State and aimed to begin full production later in 2022. PetroSA no longer produces liquefied natural gas since feedstock to its gas-to-liquids refinery in Mossel Bay ran out at the end of 2020. Previously five of South Africa’s six refineries produced liquefied petroleum gas, but now it is only produced at Sasol’s Secunda refinery, while imports cover about 70% of local demand.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 5
    2.2. Geographic Position 6
    2.3. Size of the Industry 10
    2.4. Key Success Factors and Pain Points 14
    3. LOCAL 15
    3.1. State of the Industry 15
    3.2. Key Trends 20
    3.3. Notable Players 26
    3.4. Trade 27
    3.5. Corporate Actions 33
    3.6. Regulations 35
    3.7. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 40
    4. AFRICA 43
    5. INTERNATIONAL 49
    6. INFLUENCING FACTORS 53
    6.1. COVID-19 53
    6.2. Economic Environment 53
    6.3. Labour 54
    6.4. Environmental Issues 55
    6.5. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 57
    6.6. Government Support 58
    6.7. Input Costs 59
    6.8. Pricing 60
    6.9. Carbon Tax 60
    6.10. New Gas Discoveries 60
    7. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 62
    7.1. Competition 62
    7.2. Ownership Structure of the Industry 62
    7.3. Barriers to Entry 63
    8. SWOT ANALYSIS 64
    9. OUTLOOK 65
    10. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 66
    11. REFERENCES 66
    11.1. Publications 66
    11.2. Websites 67
    APPENDIX 1 - SUMMARY OF NOTABLE PLAYERS 69
    Manufacturers of Gas 69
    Distributors of Gas via Pipelines 71
    COMPANY PROFILES- MANUFACTURERS OF GAS 73
    African Oxygen (Pty) Ltd 73
    Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd 79
    BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd 82
    Engen Petroleum Ltd 85
    National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Pty) Ltd 89
    Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd (The) 91
    Renergen Ltd 95
    Shell and BP South African Petroleum Refineries (Pty) Ltd 98
    COMPANY PROFILES- DISTRIBUTORS OF GAS VIA PIPELINES 102
    Egoli Gas (Pty) Ltd 102
    Gigajoule International (Pty) Ltd 104
    Sasol Gas (Pty) Ltd 107
    SLG (Pty) Ltd 109
    Transnet SOC Ltd 111

    Report Coverage

    The comprehensive report on the South African gas industry examines current conditions, developments and corporate actions as well as factors that influence the success of companies involved in the sector. Comprehensive profiles of 13 institutions include the state-owned PetroSA, which reported a net loss of R1.4bn in 2016/17 and Spring Lights Gas, South Africa’s largest non-integrated piped gas trader. It provides comprehensive information on gas companies including Sasol, which announced it would dispose non-core assets to focus on speciality chemicals, upstream exploration and production and liquid fuel retail and Engen, which entered into a R3.5bn share-swop deal with Vivo Energy. The report deals with important issues affecting the industry including the Integrated Resources Plan, the introduction of carbon tax and the establishment of gas-to-power landfill plants.

    The South African Gas Industry, Including Distribution by Pipeline

    With domestic consumption of 4.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2017, natural gas currently constitutes little more than 3.2% of the nation’s primary energy supply. Recent statistics show that the consumption of natural gas in South Africa contracted by 2.3% year-on-year in 2017. Although the Department of Energy has identified the harnessing of conventional and unconventional forms of gas as a strategic imperative, stakeholders report that South Africa’s uptake of gas continues to be constrained by the country’s relatively underdeveloped gas transmission and storage infrastructure. However, gas forms an important part of the country’s future energy mix. In terms of the new Integrated Resources Plan, the installed capacity of natural gas is expected to increase to 11,930 megawatts (MW), or 16% of total installed capacity, by 2030.

    Industry Developments

    With the depletion of South Africa’s offshore F-A field and South Coast Complex fields, which supplied indigenous natural gas to PetroSA’s Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) plant in Mossel Bay, the country remains largely reliant on imported natural gas from Mozambique. Ibhubesi, off the coast of the Northern Cape, is South Africa’s largest proven natural gas field with an estimated 540 billion cubic feet (bcf) of recoverable reserves, and is expected to start producing gas commercially by 2020. South Africa’s only proven onshore natural gas and helium reserves are in Virginia in the Free State. Recent research suggests that recoverable shale gas resources in the Karoo Basin are in the 13 trillion cubic feet (tcf) to 49 tcf range, substantially lower than previous estimates. After years of delay, 27 renewable energy agreements have been signed with independent power producers.

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 4
    2.2. Geographic Position 6
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 9
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 12
    4.1. Local 12
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 14
    4.1.2. Regulations and Government Policies 15
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 20
    4.2. Continental 22
    4.3. International 25
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 28
    5.1. Economic Environment 28
    5.2. Government Initiatives 28
    5.3. Input Costs 29
    5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 30
    5.5. Labour 31
    5.6. Cyclicality 33
    5.7. Environmental Concerns 34
    6. COMPETITION 35
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 37
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 37
    8. OUTLOOK 38
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 39
    10. REFERENCES 39
    10.1. Publications 39
    10.2. Websites 41
    APPENDIX 1 - SUMMARY OF MAJOR PLAYERS 43
    Manufacturers of Gas 43
    Distributors of Gases via Pipelines 44
    APPENDIX 2 46
    Global Primary Energy Consumption 46
    APPENDIX 3 47
    Total Proved Natural Gas Reserves 47
    COMPANY PROFILES - MANUFACTURERS OF GAS 48
    AFRICAN OXYGEN LTD 48
    BP SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD 55
    CHEVRON SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 57
    ENGEN PETROLEUM LTD 60
    NATIONAL PETROLEUM REFINERS OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 64
    PETROLEUM OIL AND GAS CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA SOC LTD (THE) 66
    RENERGEN LTD 69
    SHELL AND BP SOUTH AFRICAN PETROLEUM REFINERIES (PTY) LTD 72
    COMPANY PROFILES - DISTRIBUTORS OF GASES VIA PIPELINES 75
    EGOLI GAS (PTY) LTD 75
    GIGAJOULE INTERNATIONAL (PTY) LTD 77
    SASOL GAS (PTY) LTD 79
    SLG (PTY) LTD 81
    TRANSNET SOC LTD 83

    Report Coverage

    The detailed report on the South African Gas industry examines current conditions, developments and corporate actions as well as factors that influence the success of companies involved in the sector. Profiles for seven gas manufacturers including state-owned company, PetroSA and Engen Petroleum Ltd are provided. Also profiled are four companies involved in the distribution of gas via pipelines.

    The South African Gas Industry, including Distribution by Pipeline

    Currently South Africa has 1.35GW of gas-fired generation capacity which constitutes a mere 3.76% of the nation’s primary energy mix. The country’s share of global gas consumption in 2016 was only 0.1% and 78% of its total consumption of 5.1 billion cubic metres of gas was imported via pipeline from neighbouring Mozambique. Although the South African government has reaffirmed that the proposed nuclear build programme remains on the agenda, the Department of Energy has identified the harnessing of both conventional and unconventional forms of gas as a strategic imperative.

    Onshore and Offshore Reserves

    Numerous offshore and onshore oil and gas exploration licences have been issued in recent years and more than 300 oil and gas exploration wells have been drilled. Gas finds have been made in undeveloped fields in the Pletmos Basin, as well as in the South African part of the Orange Basin. The Ibhubesi Gas Project, which lies 80km off the coast of the Northern Cape, has proven gas reserves of half a trillion cubic feet and is operated as a joint venture between PetroSA and Sunbird Energy Holdings. Proven onshore reserves of 25 billion cubic feet of natural gas and helium estimated to be worth around R2.2bn are being commercialised by alternative energy company Renergen Limited, through its subsidiary TETRA 4 (Pty) Ltd in partnership with Afrox. Despite opposition from anti-fracking lobby groups, exploration licences for onshore shale gas exploration in the semi-desert Karoo region are expected to be issued in September 2017.

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    Table of Contents

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Value Chain 3
    2.2. Geographic Position 5
    3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY 8
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 13
    4.1. Local 13
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 16
    4.1.2. Regulations 19
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 22
    4.2. Continental 23
    4.3. International 26
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 29
    5.1. Economic Environment 29
    5.2. Government Initiatives 30
    5.3. Operating Costs 31
    5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation 31
    5.5. Labour 33
    5.6. Cyclicality 34
    5.7. Environmental Concerns 34
    6. COMPETITION 36
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 37
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 37
    8. OUTLOOK 39
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 39
    10. REFERENCES 41
    10.1. Publications 41
    10.2. Websites 42
    APPENDIX 1 44
    Proven Global Gas Reserves 44
    APPENDIX 2 45
    Global Gas Trade in 2015 and 2016 45
    APPENDIX 3 46
    Global Trade Movements by Pipeline – 2016 46
    APPENDIX 4 47
    Global Trade Movements - LNG 47
    COMPANY PROFILES - THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS 48
    AFRICAN OXYGEN LTD 48
    BP SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD 54
    CHEVRON SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 56
    ENGEN PETROLEUM LTD 59
    NATIONAL PETROLEUM REFINERS OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 62
    PETROLEUM OIL AND GAS CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA SOC LTD (THE) 64
    RENERGEN LTD 67
    SHELL AND BP SOUTH AFRICAN PETROLEUM REFINERIES (PTY) LTD 69
    COMPANY PROFILES - DISTRIBUTION OF GASES, LIQUIDS, SLURRY AND OTHER COMMODITIES VIA PIPELINES 72
    EGOLI GAS (PTY) LTD 72
    GIGAJOULE INTERNATIONAL (PTY) LTD 74
    SASOL GAS (PTY) LTD 76
    TRANSNET SOC LTD 78

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    The prospects of the South African gas industry, according to stakeholders, have never been more positive....

    Description

    This report focuses on the extraction and manufacture of gases, notably the production of gaseous fuels, as well as the distribution of gases via a system of pipelines to household, industrial, commercial or other users. Although natural gas comprised little more than 3% of South Africa's total primary energy consumption in 2012, the tide is turning, with stakeholders venturing to predict that the country is entering the ‘Golden Age of Gas.'

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    Table of Contents

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1
    2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY 1
    2.1. Industry Supply Chain 2
    3. SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE INDUSTRY 2
    3.1. Geographic Position 2
    3.2. Size of the Industry 4
    4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY 6
    4.1. Local 6
    4.1.1. Corporate Actions 9
    4.1.2. Regulations 11
    4.1.3. Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development 13
    4.2. Continental 13
    4.3. International 15
    5. INFLUENCING FACTORS 16
    5.1. Industry Specific Issues 16
    5.1.1. General Trends 16
    5.1.2. Input Costs 17
    5.2. Economic Environment 17
    5.3. Labour Resources 17
    5.3.1. Representatives 17
    5.3.2. Safety 17
    5.3.3. Skills and Training 17
    5.4. Technology 18
    5.5. Innovation and R & D 18
    5.6. Environmental Concerns 18
    6. COMPETITION 19
    6.1. Barriers to Entry 19
    7. SWOT ANALYSIS 20
    8. OUTLOOK 20
    9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS 21
    10. REFERENCES 21
    10.1. Publications 21
    10.2. Websites 22
    APPENDIX 1 23
    Global Gas Reserves 23
    APPENDIX 2 24
    International Gas Trade – 2011 and 2012 24
    APPENDIX 3 25
    Global Trade Movements by Pipeline - 2012 25
    APPENDIX 4 26
    Global Trade Movements - LNG 26
    ORGANOGRAM 4120 27
    The Manufacture of Gas 27
    COMPANY PROFILES 28
    A-GAS (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY) LTD 28
    AFRICAN OXYGEN LTD 29
    BP SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD 32
    CHEVRON SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 33
    EASIGAS (PTY) LTD 35
    ENGEN PETROLEUM LTD 37
    NATIONAL PETROLEUM REFINERS OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD 39
    PETROLEUM OIL & GAS CORPORATION OF SA (SOC) LTD (THE) 41
    SHELL & BP SOUTH AFRICAN PETROLEUM REFINERIES (PTY) LTD 43
    ORGANOGRAM 7130 45
    Distribution of Gases via Pipelines 45
    COMPANY PROFILES 46
    EASIGAS (PTY) LTD 46
    GIGAJOULE AFRICA (PTY) LTD 48
    REATILE GAZ (PTY) LTD 49
    REATILE-REDIGAS (PTY) LTD 50
    SASOL GAS LTD 51
    TOTALGAZ SOUTHERN AFRICA (PTY) LTD 53
    TRANSNET SOC LTD 54

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