Routine maintenance at refinery planned
Sykry Hassim, general manager of the Engen refinery, explained that routine planned maintenance is essential for the safe and reliable operation of the facility.
THE Engen refinery in Wentworth underwent its planned maintenance outage from Monday, 2 September 2019. This scheduled activity forms part of the refinery’s ongoing maintenance programme, with 21 days planned for reformer regeneration activities and 63 days for maintenance of the plant’s alkylation unit.
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Sykry Hassim, general manager of the Engen refinery, explained that routine planned maintenance is essential for the safe and reliable operation of the facility.
“The planned outage will primarily focus on essential plant maintenance and inspection activities in the alkylation unit as well as reformer catalyst regeneration activities,” said Hassim.
According to the Engen’s PR consultant Samantha Walt, additional resource requirements over this period will see the creation of approximately 1 500 temporary positions for both skilled and unskilled workers, many of whom have been sourced from the local South Durban community.
“To ensure that we complete this planned maintenance outage on time, there will be increased traffic as suppliers and contractors service the refinery. We will, however, do our utmost to keep any disruption to a minimum and have detailed planning schedules to mitigate any potential access and capacity issues. The safety of our employees and the neighbouring community is at all times of the highest priority to Engen and we want to thank our neighbours in advance for their understanding during this period,” said Hassim. He also assures motorists and the company’s commercial customers that the outage will not affect Engen’s ability to service their needs.
“As always, Engen’s valued customers remain our first priority and they are assured that contingency plans are in place to ensure uninterrupted availability of Engen quality fuels and other primary refined petroleum products.”
For any queries contact the toll-free Engen refinery call centre on 0800-330-099.
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