BP: ‘We will recover from fuel shortage incident’
The fuel giant told the RECORD that the Alrode depot in Alberton have been affected.
ALBERTON — Although Alberton is not having any fuel shortages at the moment, BP Southern Africa (BP SA) said the Alrode depot in Alberton have been affected.
Karen Byamugisha, spokesperson of BP SA told the RECORD the fuel giant experienced various challenges across its supply chain resulting in limited product availability in the inland region over the past weekend resulting parts of Gauteng to be completely without fuel.
This follows after a major refinery was shut down for scheduled maintenance, but then the refinery which was supposed to pick up the slack started running into problems Reggie Sibiya, Chief Executive Officer of Fuel Retailers Association said.
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Over 100 filling stations were starting to run dry with BP stations being hit hardest with products such as diesel, Unleaded 93 and 95 being in short supply.
After contacting several stations, the RECORD learned that Alberton service stations are still fully functional.
By Tuesday afternoon, all the BP filling stations that the RECORD contacted still had fuel.Arthur Golding, BP Newmarket manager, said they are fortunate to still have fuel, but understand that other areas in Johannesburg, such as in Bedfordview, are without fuel.
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