By SANFROSSA MANYINDA and SILUMESI MALUMOTHERE will be sufficient fuel on the market when Indeni Petroleum Refinery resumes production with crude arriving this week, Permanently Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Trevor Kaunda, has said.Mr Kaunda said crude oil was expected to reach Ndola by the end of this week for Indeni to resume processing the crude oil into finished products.Indeni has suffered from frequent shutdowns due to insufficient feedstock supply and routine maintenanceThe petroleum processing firm has had no crude oil for about five months now which was partly triggered by the coronavirus pandemic which interrupted feedstock imports.But Government recently bought 10 cargo of feedstock for the firm amounting to over $490 million which would go in excess of 15 months.Mr Kaunda explained in an interview that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) had continued to bring in petrol and diesel by road.He however complained that there has been panic-buying by the public on the mistaken […]
FUEL GALORE COMING
