Namibia: Engen increases regional supply with new fuel depot

Engen hopes to boost fuel supply in Southern Africa with the construction of a new fuel depot in Namibia – the third major investment in the country this year.

The African energy company will start the construction of the new Ondangwa fuel depot in Northern Namibia by the end of 2015, and it is scheduled to be completed by April next year, according to Wikus Strydom, Supply and Operations Manager in Engen’s International Business Division.

Namibia has been at the end of a number of major investments by Engen this year. First, it upgraded the Walvis Bay depot by adding an additional 20,000mᶾ of storage capacity; then followed by the completed construction of its Grootfontein depot.

“The Grootfontein facility will supply the whole of northern Namibia until Ondangwa comes online in 2016,” said Drikus Kotze, Engen General Manager.

In addition, Engen has upgraded a long-haul Truck Stop in Rundu in the north-east of Namibia, catering for trucks moving along the Trans-Kalahari towards Katima Mulilo, Zambia and further north, following economic activity in the region.

On the Northern Namibian side, the company has conventional service stations where diesel customers can fill up using Engen’s eFuel refuelling system or EDC fleet management system, according to the company.