{"id":14096,"date":"2023-12-03T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T13:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14096"},"modified":"2023-12-03T13:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T13:20:28","slug":"south-africa-totalenergies-signs-an-agreement-to-divest-its-minority-stake-in-natref-refinery-to-the-prax-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-totalenergies-signs-an-agreement-to-divest-its-minority-stake-in-natref-refinery-to-the-prax-group\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: TotalEnergies signs an agreement to divest its minority stake in Natref refinery to the Prax Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;In line with its strategy to divest non-core assets, TotalEnergies has announced the signature of an agreement to divest the 36.36% minority stake, held by TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa, in National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref) to the Prax Group. The transaction is subject to customary approvals, consents and authorisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located at Sasolburg (Free State, South Africa), Natref refinery has a capacity of 108 500 barrels of oil per day, supplies the main South African inland market of Johannesburg area and is operated by a Joint Venture between Sasol (63,64%) and TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe transaction is in line with the Company strategy to focus on its large integrated fuels &amp; petrochemicals platforms and to divest its non-core assets\u201d commented&nbsp;<strong>Jean-Pierre Sbraire, Chief Financial Officer of TotalEnergies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TotalEnergies has been present in South Africa for nearly seventy years, produces and markets a wide range of energies from fuels, biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity and remains committed to its operations in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;In line with its strategy to divest non-core assets, TotalEnergies has announced the signature of an agreement to divest the 36.36% minority stake, held by TotalEnergies Marketing South Africa, in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-totalenergies-signs-an-agreement-to-divest-its-minority-stake-in-natref-refinery-to-the-prax-group\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[11430,2249,2371,9339],"class_list":["post-14096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-natref-refinery","tag-sasol","tag-south-africa","tag-totalenergies","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SOUTH-AFRICA-Natref-refinery.png?fit=637%2C423&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Fm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13333,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-totalenergies-signs-renewable-power-purchase-agreements-with-sasol-air-liquide\/","url_meta":{"origin":14096,"position":0},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: TotalEnergies signs Renewable Power Purchase Agreements with Sasol &#038; Air Liquide","author":"","date":"February 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"TotalEnergies has signed Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPA) with Sasol South Africa and Air Liquide Large Industries South Africa for the supply of 260 MW capacity of renewable electricity over 20 years.\u00a0 TotalEnergies will develop a 120 MW solar plant and a 140 MW windfarm in the Northern Cape province\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15519,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/nigeria-totalenergies-sign-spa-with-vaaris-to-divest-its-oil-interest-in-renaissance-jv\/","url_meta":{"origin":14096,"position":1},"title":"NIGERIA: TotalEnergies Sign SPA with Vaaris to Divest its Oil Interest in Renaissance JV","author":"","date":"January 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"TotalEnergies has announced that its subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Nigeria has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Vaaris for the sale of its 10% non-operated interest in the Renaissance JV licenses in Nigeria. 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