SAPREF Durban
A 180,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Durban, ZA, operated by bp. Nelson Complexity 7.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 180,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 7
- Status
- Planned
- Operator
- bp
- Parent
- BP plc (LSE:BP)
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/bp-durban
- Coordinates
- -29.9200, 30.9800
Notes
Multiple news articles from March-April 2026 indicate SAPREF is in revival/reopening planning stages with discussions about deadlines, environmental concerns, and potential economic benefits (2,850 jobs, 1.8% GDP boost). Language such as 'revival plan explored' and 'reopening plan' suggests the facility remains closed but is transitioning from permanently closed to planned reopening status.
What coverage reports
incident 1
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
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Incident HighFire at Durban refineryNews24 · matched durban, sapref
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General LowVivo Energy Converting Durban Refinery Into Fuel Storage HubBloomberg.com + 1 other outlet · matched durban
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General LowEnvironmentalists vow to oppose R100 billion rebuild of former SAPREF refinery in DurbanIOL + 1 other outlet · matched durban, sapref
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General LowVitol Proposes $3 Billion LNG-to-Power Project at Durban PortConstruction Review · matched durban, sapref
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General LowGovernment buys Durban refinery from BP and ShellNews24 · matched durban
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General LowCalls on Shell to replace ageing Durban refinerynamibian.com.na + 1 other outlet · matched durban
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Maintenance LowDurban refinery hangs in the balance as repairs to cost R800mTimesLIVE · matched durban
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Incident CriticalEnergy department hits panic button after explosion at Durban refineryTimesLIVE · matched durban
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Incident CriticalMassive Explosion Heard In Durban RefineryUrduPoint · matched durban
Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.