据国外媒体4月19日开普敦报道,由英国石油公司和壳牌公司共同拥有的南非最大炼油厂Sapref炼油厂的一名女发言人说,Sapref炼油厂在一次18日早上已被扑灭的管道火灾以后已恢复正常生产。
位于南非东部港口城市德班的Sapref炼油厂具有日加工17.2万桶原油能力。
女发言人辛蒂·戈温德是在回答媒体记者提问时作上述表示的。她说,炼油厂仍在运行,生产没有受到影响。
Sapref炼油厂的一名官员17日晚上曾说,爆炸发生在炼油厂的外面。
女发言人说,现在确定基础设施受损程度或火灾原因还为时尚早。调查目前正在进行之中。
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原文如下:
Production normal at S.Africa's largest refinery after fire
CAPE TOWN, April 19 - Production at the 172,000 barrels per day Sapref refinery, South Africa's largest and co-owned by BP and Shell, is normal following a pipeline fire that was extinguished on Saturday morning, a spokeswoman said.
"The refinery is still online and production has not been impacted," Cindy Govender said in response to questions.
On Friday night an official at the refinery, situated in the eastern port city of Durban, said an explosion had occurred outside the refinery.
Govender said that it was too early to ascertain the extent of the damage to infrastructure or the cause of the fire.
"Investigations are currently underway," she said.