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Western Australia could be home to the country’s newest large-scale oil refinery, if a government proposal goes ahead.
Steps need to be started urgently to clean up the petrol pollution left behind in South Durban by BP and Shell.
South Africa’s state-owned Central Energy Fund has paid five US cents, or one rand, for a huge oil refinery that isn’t in working condition. The public may have to foot the bill to clear up oil leaks.
Dangote refinery will reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported petroleum products and create jobs. But it may not be the best for the environment.
It will be hard and complicated to replace Venezuela’s heavy sour crude.
Saudi Arabia has said it won’t curb the flow of oil to Canada, but the Maritimes should think more seriously about replacing the Saudi supply with crude from more trusted sources.
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa
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Director of the Energy Institute and Professor of Practice, Tulane University
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