PetrolSA to increase production as government encourages consumers to use LPG.

The Coega Industrial Development Corporation says that it expects construction on the multi-billion dollar crude oil refinery project to commence after two years.

National oil company PetroSA is planning a new crude oil refinery at Coega, near Port Elizabeth

On the face of it, the R39bn oil refinery that state corporation PetroSA plans to build at the Coega industrial development zone outside Port Elizabeth will bring much-needed additional refining capacity to an industry straining to provide growing demand for liquid fuel