Cape Town - South Africa's largest oil refinery, a joint venture between Shell and BP (SAPREF), stopped operations on Thursday due to a strike over wages, a trade union official said.
SAPREF, situated in the Durban port, refines 190 000 barrels per day of crude oil.
“The refinery is at a standstill. There is no production from today,” said Musa Bhengu, the KwaZulu-Natal regional secretary for the CEPPWAWU union.
A spokeswoman for SAPREF did not answer calls for comment.
REUTERS