Indeni continues to face problems

Sayila, Alfred; 01/04/2011

The Indeni oil refinery in Zambia has been an on and off affair from the time an Italian company built it for the government in 1975. Frequent shutdowns due to insufficient feedstock supply, power outages, lack of maintenance, accidents and strikes - in particular over the past two decades - have adversely affected operations and production at the plant located at Ndola, in the southern African Copperbelt. Alfred Sayila reports.

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PR Apr 2011 - p16.pdf

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Journal title: Petroleum Review

Region: Africa

Publisher: Energy Institute

Keywords: DSI21-Refining-articles

Countries: Africa - Zambia -

Subjects: Safety, Maintenance, Policy and Governance, Electricity generation, Refining, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Oil and gas, Oil, Refinery feedstock