Petrol?

Just so you guys know, there was NO strike. SASOL (i.e. Gauteng's fuel supplier) has been shipping fuel like usual. The story goes (and this comes from someone in the know) that this particular union has very little to no standing anymore and as a last ditched attempted went to the papers to create a story.

The fact of the matter is that the employees were thinking about striking but came to an agreement with management long before they downed tools.

Of course, due to the panic caused in the public (for what reason I do not know, hey no petrol, no work but no leave, yippy) there are plenty of petrol stations with very little to no fuel currently but this will be rectified in due course.

So, basically this is yet another case of the media sensationalizing a story without doing their homework properly first.
 
SASOL is shipping as usual because they brought in private contract drivers at sky-high rates. I'm pretty sure that the last 100 posts in this thread prove that it is a bit more than "media sensationalizing".
 
Roo! said:
What's your/their source? Mine is a manager in SASOL. Trucks are rolling with their own staff driving; end of story.
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Arguments as to strike not withstanding, Sasol was the only station that did have fuel this weekend. So maybe they did not participate?
 
Moederloos said:
Arguments as to strike not withstanding, Sasol was the only station that did have fuel this weekend. So maybe they did not participate?
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And since our (Gauteng's) fuel is SASOl (with each company's additive) there is no story here, just a fading union trying to get some reaction, which, unfortunately, they did do hence the dry tanks up here.
 
I agree that this will cause a problem. Sasol does however produce 40% of their fuel from coal, the Sekunda plant is there for this purpose.
 
Thank the heavan, I filled up on friday and this is only a 3 day week, but from next week ...ouch
 
Roo! said:
I agree that this will cause a problem. Sasol does however produce 40% of their fuel from coal, the Sekunda plant is there for this purpose.
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Thats the thing I hate the fuel is produced from coal yet when oil prices rise the fuel from Sasol dont get cheaper :mad:
 
Found some unleaded at the 3rd station I stopped at. Good thing too as I decided to follow advice and not panic buy and my little light came on whilst driving around looking for juice.

So much for following advice!
 
Jase said:
Found some unleaded at the 3rd station I stopped at. Good thing too as I decided to follow advice and not panic buy and my little light came on whilst driving around looking for juice.

So much for following advice!
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Concerns over a shortage - irrespective of the validity of such claims - leads to a shortage.
It is self-fulfilling.
 
DigitalSoldier said:
That I can understand but why do Sasol petrol prices have to rise everytime the oil price goes up or do they use oil in the process as well ?
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It is not impossible for the petrol price to include Sasol.
for eg

P = OP - (0.4S)

Petrol price = oil price less 40% of Sasol contribution.

Stupid example yeah, but maybe it makes a point.
:p
 
Moederloos said:
Concerns over a shortage - irrespective of the validity of such claims - leads to a shortage.
It is self-fulfilling.
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Yup, that was evident over the weekend with long queues at most stations I drove past. I just decided to put advice from a reputable source on 702 to the test to prove a point to friends and family.

The point was that following the masses, sometimes is the way to go! ;)
 
DigitalSoldier said:
That I can understand but why do Sasol petrol prices have to rise everytime the oil price goes up or do they use oil in the process as well ?
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Sasol primarily produces synthetic oil - not petrol as most people think. Petrol is only one of the products that are refined from the oil - there's also wax, ammonia, Diesel, aviation fuel, tar (most of the tar on the roads in Gauteng comes from Sasol), plastics, octene, hexane, LPG and a lot of others.

The point is, oil is traded internationally at internationally determined prices. If the refineries in SA (including Sasol's own, which is a subsidiary of the group) don't want to buy Sasol's oil at the internationally determined price, then Sasol will just export the oil (there are enough buyers out there :p) and the refineries will have to import oil from other sources, probably incurring quite large transport costs in the process. This is the single, biggest reason why the BFP (Basic Fuel Price) is based on the import parity cost of oil.
 
Guys, drop IT for a whole. Truck drivers are required to drive the fuel delivery trucks. Any tackers? R50/hour.
 
Noooo, you are not aloud to drive it to your house and park it!!! You must drive it to the garage and fill up the under ground garage tanks. Of course this is after you have crossed the strikers picket line!!!!
 
Rkootknir said:
Making petrol from coal is a lot more expensive than making it from crude oil.
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AFAIK, SASOL doesn't make much of that type of oil any more. It was useful mainly for sanctions busting during the old apartheid. Nowadays they buy the oil in same as the others.
 
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