1. South Africa Oil Markets, 2012
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Published:November 2012
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South Africa Oil Markets, 2012
Summary
This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The report
provides an overview of each of the key sub-segments of the energy industry in South Africa. It
details the market structure, regulatory environment, infrastructure and provides historical and
forecasted statistics relating to the supply/demand balance for each of the key sub-segments. It
also provides information relating to the crude oil assets (oil fields, refineries, pipelines and oil
storage terminals) in South Africa. The report compares the investment environment in South
Africa with other countries in the region. The profiles of the major companies operating in the
crude oil sector in South Africa together with the latest news and deals are also included in the
report.
Scope
- Historic and forecast data relating to production, consumption, imports, exports and reserves are
provided for each industry sub-segment for the period 2000-2020.
- Historical and forecast data and information for all the major oil fields, refineries, pipelines and
storage terminals in South Africa for the period 2005-2016.
- Operator and equity details for major crude oil assets in South Africa.
- Key information relating to market regulations, key energy assets and the key companies
operating in the South Africa’s energy industry.
- Information on the top companies in South Africa including business description, strategic
analysis, and financial information.
- Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and
contractions and regulatory changes.
- Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity and venture capital investments, and
IPOs.
Reasons to buy

2. - Gain a strong understanding of the country’s energy market.
- Facilitate market analysis and forecasting of future industry trends.
- Facilitate decision making on the basis of strong historic and forecast production, reserves and
capacity data.
- Assess your competitor’s major crude oil assets and their performance.
- Analyze the latest news and financial deals in the oil sector of each country.
- Develop strategies based on the latest operational, financial, and regulatory events.
- Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and
partnerships that have shaped the market.
- Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the leading companies in the country.
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Major points covered in Table of Contents of this report include
1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 7
1.2 List of Figures 9
2 South Africa Energy Sector 10
2.1 South Africa Energy Sector, Market Overview 10
2.2 South Africa Energy Sector, Oil 10
2.2.1 South Africa Oil, Overview 10
2.2.2 South Africa Oil, Supply and Demand Balance 11
2.2.3 South Africa Crude Oil, Regulatory Structure 16
2.2.4 South Africa Crude Oil, Infrastructure 16
3 South Africa Oil Upstream Investment Environment Benchmarking 17
3.1 Introduction 17
3.2 The Overall Ranking 17
3.3 Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness 17
3.3.1 Maximum Government Take Index 18
3.3.2 Maximum State Participation 18
3.4 Oil Sector Performance 18
3.4.1 Exploration Activity 20
3.4.2 Oil Production 21
3.4.3 Oil Reserves 21
3.4.4 Oil Consumption 22
3.4.5 Refining Industry 22
3.5 Economic Performance 22
3.5.1 GDP Growth Index 23
3.5.2 FDI Confidence Index 24
3.5.3 Balance Of Trade Index 24

3. 3.6 Socio-Political Performance 24
3.6.1 Democracy Index 25
3.6.2 Governance Index 25
4 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector 26
4.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Country Snapshot 26
4.1.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Key Data 26
4.1.2 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Crude Oil Assets Map 26
4.1.3 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Gross Crude Oil-Historical Production by
Type 27
4.1.4 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Gross Crude Oil Production by Assets 28
4.1.5 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Market Share of Key Companies based on
Gross Equity Weighted Crude Oil Production 28
4.2 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Gross Crude Oil Forecasts 29
4.2.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Gross Crude Oil Production Forecast 29
4.3 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Crude Oil Asset Details 30
4.3.1 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Active Crude Oil Asset Details 30
4.4 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Recent Discoveries 30
4.4.1 Nov 14, 2012: Kinetiko Energy Encounters Gas At Amersfoort Project On Volksrust License
In South Africa 30
4.5 South Africa Exploration and Production Sector, Drilling and Production Updates 31
4.5.1 Nov 08, 2012: Kinetiko Energy Provides Update On Pilot Production Well At Amersfoort
Project In South Africa 31
4.5.2 Nov 01, 2012: Kinetiko Energy Spuds First Pilot Production Well At Amersfoort Project In
South Africa 32
4.5.3 Sep 03, 2012: Kinetiko Energy To Commence Pilot Production Wells At Amersfoort Gas
Project In South Africa 32
4.5.4 Aug 16, 2012: Sunbird Commences Drilling At Mopane Project In South Africa 33
4.5.5 Jul 18, 2012: BHP Billiton Provides Production Update 34
5 South Africa Pipeline Sector 37
5.1 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Key Data 37
5.2 South Africa Pipeline Sector, An Overview 37
5.3 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Crude Oil Pipeline Companies 37
5.4 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Petroleum Product Pipeline Companies 38
5.5 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Crude Oil Pipelines 38
5.6 South Africa Pipeline Sector, Petroleum Product Pipelines 39
6 South Africa Refining Sector 40
6.1 South Africa Refining Sector, Key Data 40
6.2 South Africa Refining Sector, An Overview 40
6.2.1 South Africa Refining Sector, Total Refining Capacity 40
6.3 South Africa Refining Sector, Capacity Market Share by Company 41
6.4 South Africa Refining Sector, Crude Distillation Unit Capacity 42
6.5 South Africa Refining Sector, Fluid Catalytic Cracking Capacity 43

4. 6.6 South Africa Refining Sector, Hydrocracking Unit Capacity 43
7 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector 44
7.1 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector, Key Data 44
7.2 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector, An Overview 44
7.2.1 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector, Total Storage Capacity 44
7.2.2 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector, Storage Capacity by Area 45
7.3 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector, Capacity Market Share by Company 46
7.4 South Africa Oil and Chemicals Storage Sector, Storage Capacity by Terminal 47
8 Profile of BHP Billiton Limited 48
8.1 BHP Billiton Limited, Key Information 48
8.2 BHP Billiton Limited, Company Overview 48
8.3 BHP Billiton Limited, Business Description 48
8.3.1 Business Overview 48
8.3.2 Aluminium 49
8.3.3 Base Metals 50
8.3.4 Diamonds and Specialty Products 51
8.3.5 Energy Coal 52
8.3.6 Iron Ore 53
8.3.7 Manganese 54
8.3.8 Metallurgical Coal 54
8.3.9 Petroleum 55
8.3.10 Stainless Steel Materials 56
8.4 BHP Billiton Limited, SWOT Analysis 57
8.4.1 Overview 57
8.4.2 BHP Billiton Limited Strengths 57
8.4.3 BHP Billiton Limited Weaknesses 58
8.4.4 BHP Billiton Limited Opportunities 59
8.4.5 BHP Billiton Limited Threats 60
9 Profile of Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd 62
9.1 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd, Key Information 62
9.2 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd, Company Overview 62
9.3 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd, Business Description 62
9.3.1 Business Overview 62
9.4 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd, SWOT Analysis 64
9.4.1 Overview 64
9.4.2 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd Strengths 64
9.4.3 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd Weaknesses 65
9.4.4 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd Opportunities 65
9.4.5 Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd Threats 66
10 Profile of Pioneer Natural Resources Company 68
10.1 Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Key Information 68
10.2 Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Company Overview 68

5. 10.3 Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Business Description 68
10.3.1 Business Overview 68
10.3.2 Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 69
10.4 Pioneer Natural Resources Company, SWOT Analysis 70
10.4.1 Overview 70
10.4.2 Pioneer Natural Resources Company Strengths 70
10.4.3 Pioneer Natural Resources Company Weaknesses 71
10.4.4 Pioneer Natural Resources Company Opportunities 72
10.4.5 Pioneer Natural Resources Company Threats 73
11 Financial Deals Landscape 74
11.1 Detailed Deal Summary 74
11.1.1 Merger 74
11.1.2 Acquisition 75
11.1.3 Equity Offerings 80
11.1.4 Partnerships 83
11.1.5 Asset Transactions 87
12 Recent Developments 94
12.1 License Awards 94
12.1.1 Jun 01, 2012: Kinetiko Energy Announces Renewal Of Volksrust Tenement 94
12.2 Strategy and Business Expansion 94
12.2.1 May 21, 2012: PetroSA Signs JSA With Sinopec Group On Project Mthombo 94
12.2.2 Sep 26, 2011: GE Signs MoU With PetroSA For Cooperation Across South Africa''s Energy
Spectrum 95
12.3 Other Significant Developments 96
12.3.1 Oct 29, 2012: Sasol And Total Natref Refinery Shut For Planned Maintenance 96
12.3.2 Oct 26, 2012: Kinetiko Energy Provides Update On Amersfoort Project At Volksrust
License, South Africa 96
12.3.3 Oct 03, 2012: SacOil Provides Operations Update 97
12.3.4 Sep 21, 2012: PetroSA Advises On Coega Refinery Project Delay 98
12.3.5 Sep 11, 2012: South Africa To Stop Fracking If It Harms Water 98
12.3.6 Sep 10, 2012: South Africa Lifts Moratorium In Karoo Basin: Challenger Energy 100
12.3.7 Sep 07, 2012: South Africa Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Exploration In Semi-arid Karoo Region
101
12.3.8 Sep 07, 2012: Falcon Oil & Gas Responds To South Africa''s Decision To Lift Moratorium
On Shale Gas Exploration 101
12.3.9 Jul 10, 2012: Kinetiko Energy Makes Fifth Application For 2,394sq km Of Prospective CBM
Tenure In South Africa 101
12.3.10 Jul 10, 2012: PetroSA''s Ikhwezi Project Receives Energy Regulatory Approval For F-O
Field Gas Production In South Africa 102
12.3.11 Jun 28, 2012: Sasol Provides Operations Update 103
13 Appendix 106
13.1 Abbreviations 106

6. 13.2 Methodology 106
13.2.1 Coverage 106
13.2.2 Secondary Research 107
13.2.3 Primary Research 107
13.3 Contact Us 107
13.4 Disclaimer 107
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: South Africa, Historical and Forecast Production and Consumption of Oil, Thousand
Barrels Per Day, 2000-2020 11
Table 2: South Africa, Historical and Forecast Export and Import of Oil, Thousand Barrels Per Day,
2000-2020 13
Table 3: South Africa, Historical Reserves of Crude Oil (Million Barrels), 2000-2011 15
Table 4: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Overall Country Rankings, Oct 2012 17
Table 5: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, Oct 2012 17
Table 6: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Oil Sector Performance, Oct 2012 19
Table 7: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Economic Performance, Oct 2012 22
Table 8: Africa, Country Standings, Economic Performance, Oct 2012 23
Table 9: Africa, Investment Benchmarking, Socio-Political Performance, Oct 2012 24
Table 10: Africa, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance by Exploration Growth- FDI
Confidence and Governance, Oct 2012 24
Table 11: South Africa, Crude Oil Key Statistics, 2011 26
Table 12: South Africa, Gross Crude Oil Production by Type (%), 2003-2011 27
Table 13: South Africa, Gross Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), by Assets, 2003-2011 28
Table 14: South Africa, Market Share (%) of Key Companies based on Gross Equity Weighted
Crude Oil Production, 2003-2011 28
Table 15: South Africa, Gross Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), Forecast by Assets, 2012- 2016
29
Table 16: South Africa, Active Oil Field Asset Details 30
Table 17: South Africa, Pipeline Key Statistics, Oct 2012 37
Table 18: South Africa, Crude Oil Pipeline Length by Company (Km), Oct 2012 37
Table 19: South Africa, Petroleum Product Pipeline Length by Company (Km), Oct 2012 38
Table 20: South Africa, Crude Oil Pipelines, Oct 2012 38
Table 21: South Africa, Petroleum Product Pipelines, Oct 2012 39
Table 22: South Africa, Refinery Key Statistics, Oct 2012 40
Table 23: South Africa, Total Refining Capacity (MMTPA), 2005- 2016 40
Table 24: South Africa, Refining Capacity by Company (MMTPA), 2005-2016 41
Table 25: South Africa, Crude Distillation Unit Capacity (MMTPA), 2005-2016 42
Table 26: South Africa, Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit Capacity (MMTPA), 2005-2016 43
Table 27: South Africa, Hydrocracking Unit Capacity (MMTPA), 2005-2016 43
Table 28: South Africa, Oil and Chemicals Storage Key Statistics, Oct 2012 44
Table 29: South Africa, Total Oil and Chemicals Storage Capacity (Thousand M3), 2005- 2016 44

7. Table 30: South Africa, Oil and Chemicals Storage Capacity by Company (Thousand M3), 2005-
2016 46
Table 31: South Africa, Oil and Chemicals Storage Capacity by Terminal (Thousand M3), 2005-
2016 47
Table 32: BHP Billiton Limited, Key Facts 48
Table 33: BHP Billiton Limited, SWOT Analysis 57
Table 34: Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd, Key Facts 62
Table 35: Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (SOC) Ltd, SWOT Analysis 64
Table 36: Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Key Facts 68
Table 37: Pioneer Natural Resources Company, SWOT Analysis 70
Table 38: Reatile Gaz Merges With Engen Petroleum 74
Table 39: PetroChina Plans To Acquire Oil And Gas Companies In Central Asia, East Africa,
Australia And Canada 75
Table 40: Reatile Chemicals To Acquire 30% Interest In Vopak Terminal Durban From Vopak 76
Table 41: MENA Hydrocarbons Completes Acquisition Of Mideast Energy For $0.85 Million 77
Table 42: Hot Rocks Investments Acquires Minority Stake In IMPACT OIL & GAS For $0.05 Million
78
Table 43: BP And Shell Plans To Sell Its Stake In SAPREF 79
Table 44: SacOil Holdings Completes Private Placement Of Shares For $0.6 Million 80
Table 45: SacOil Holdings Announces Private Placement Of Shares For $2 Million 81
Table 46: SacOil Holdings Announces Private Placement Of Shares For $10.7 Million 82
Table 47: Molopo South Africa Exploration Awarded Onshore Production Right In South Africa 83
Table 48: Sonatrach Plans To Form Partnership With Shell And Exxon Mobil 84
Table 49: PetroSA Enters Into Partnership With Sinopec To Build Oil Refinery In Africa 85
Table 50: Sonangol To Form Joint Venture With PetroSA 86
Table 51: Anadarko Petroleum To Acquire 80% Interest Of Block 5/6 And Block 7 In South Africa
From PetroSA 87
Table 52: Cairn India To Acquire 60% Interest In Offshore Block 1, South Africa From PetroSA 88
Table 53: PetroSA Completes Acquisition Of Remaining 40% Stake In Sable Oil Field And 45%
Stake In SCG Project From Pioneer Natural Resources For $52 Million 89
Table 54: PetroSA Sells Stake In Blocks 5, 6 And 7 In South Africa To Anadarko Petroleum 90
Table 55: PetroSA Plans To Acquire Downstream Energy Assets 91
Table 56: Hindustan Petroleum Plans To Acquire Oil And Gas Assets In Australia And Africa 92
Table 57: Citic Resources Holdings Plans To Acquire Oil Assets In Asia And Africa 93
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: South Africa, Primary Energy Sector Consumption Split by Fuel Type, 2011 10
Figure 2: South Africa, Oil Production and Consumption, Thousand Barrels Per Day, 2000-2020
12
Figure 3: South Africa, Oil Exports and Imports, Thousand Barrels Per Day, 2000-2020 14
Figure 4: South Africa, Crude Oil Reserves, Million Barrels, 2000-2011 15
Figure 4: Africa, Country Standings, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, Oct 2012 18

8. Figure 5: Africa, Country Standings, Oil Sector Performance, by Reserves-Exploration &
Production, Oct 2012 19
Figure 6: Eastern Europe, Country Standings, Oil Sector Performance, by Production-
Consumption & Refining, Oct 2012 20
Figure 7: Africa, Country Standings, Exploration Blocks Awarded, Oct 2012 21
Figure 8: Africa, Country Standings, Economic Performance by FDI Confidence- GDP Growth &
Oil Production, Oct 2012 23
Figure 9: Africa, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance by Exploration Growth- FDI
Confidence and Governance, Oct 2012 25
Figure 10: South Africa, Crude Oil Assets Map, Oct 2012 26
Figure 11: South Africa, Gross Crude Oil Production by Type (%), 2003-2011 27
Figure 12: South Africa, Market Share (%) of Key Companies based on Gross Equity Weighted
Crude Oil Production, 2011 29
Figure 13: South Africa, Total Refining Capacity (MMTPA), 2005- 2016 41
Figure 14: South Africa, Refining Capacity Market Share (%) by Company, 2011 42
Figure 15: South Africa, Total Oil and Chemicals Storage Capacity (Thousand M3), 2005- 2016 45
Figure 16: South Africa, Oil and Chemicals Storage Capacity by Area (%), 2011 45
Figure 17: South Africa, Oil and Chemicals Storage Capacity by Company (Thousand M3), 2005-
2016 46
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