Natref refinery blast injures 11, some operations halted

A blast on Monday at South Africa's Natref oil refinery injured 11 people and forced the shutdown of operations close to the 108 000 bbl/d facility but production at the main refinery continued, Sasol said. Sasol reported on its website that the explosion happened at about 07:45 at the country's only inland refinery, a venture between the petrochemicals group Sasol and a South African unit of France's Total.