{"id":241232,"date":"2022-10-27T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T07:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/no-fuel-supply-shortage-dmre\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:58:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T07:58:32","slug":"no-fuel-supply-shortage-dmre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/no-fuel-supply-shortage-dmre\/","title":{"rendered":"No fuel supply shortage &#8211; DMRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202210\/petrol3.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) says the supply chain of petroleum products to South Africa is \u201cresilient as ever\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This follows comments made by the Liquid Fuel Wholesale Association that the country is facing possible liquid fuel supply shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DMRE would like to assure South Africans that there is no imminent shortage of liquid fuels in the country, and predictions made by the Liquid Fuel Wholesalers Association (LFWA) are very unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe supply chain of the petroleum sector in South Africa is resilient even as the disruptive geopolitical war in Eastern Europe rages on. The department engages the industry on a weekly basis on supply issues and will seek clarity from the LFWA on its comments,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n<p>The DMRE explained that government has invested in fuel import for years which contributes to fuel supply security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver a number of years, the government deliberately enabled investment in fuel import terminals when the reliability of existing petroleum refineries was in question. These import terminals provided the backup to existing refineries and this has proven to have been a correct strategy as refineries close. The import terminals throughout the country\u2019s ports are able to ensure security of fuel supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, major investments have been made by both Mozambique and Namibia which further strengthen the region\u2019s fuel supply position,\u201d the department said. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) says the supply chain of petroleum products to South Africa is \u201cresilient as ever\u201d. This follows comments made by the Liquid Fuel Wholesale Association that the country is facing possible liquid fuel supply shortages. \u201cThe DMRE would like to assure South Africans that there is no imminent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-241232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/no-fuel-supply-shortage-dmre.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}