Zambia shuts refinery after crude oil shortages

LUSAKA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Zambia shut down its Indeni Oil Refinery on Sept. 1 for 25 days due to crude shortages, energy officials said on Friday.

Zambia, which imports crude oil from the Middle East and refines it at Indeni, is conducting maintenance at the facility while awaiting adequate supplies, the officials said.


The shortages have also prompted Zambia to import oil from South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania, they said.

Most of the diesel produced by the refinery is used to run Zambia’s vast copper mines, the country’s economic lifeblood.

Reuters