Pétrole sénégalais : Révélations du Dg de la SAR sur leur «problème» avec le brut de Sangomar
The order was widely publicized at the time. In February, the African Refining Company (SAR) purchased 650,000 barrels of crude oil from the Senegalese Sangomar field.
“The idea was really to demonstrate that SAR has the technical capabilities to process Senegalese crude oil,” explains Abib Diop, SAR’s CEO. But things don’t seem to have gone as planned.
To explain SAR's problem with Senegalese crude oil, Mr. Diop provided a brief explanation. He explained that each type of crude oil yields a certain percentage of gasoline, diesel, butane, fuel oil, etc. And in Senegal, the domestic market requires more diesel than gasoline and more diesel than fuel oil.
“However, Sangomar crude produces much more fuel oil. Fuel oil, intended for Senelec, on which we have very low margins, if not zero margins, and sometimes even losses,” he points out.
Despite this, the Sar is obliged to supply Senelec. A decree signed in 2012 requires it to do so. “I often say that this is our share of sacrifice, because we are required to supply Senelec regardless of the situation,” laments the head of the Sar.
Worse, Abib Diop reveals on national television that even though the oil is extracted here in Senegal, SAR is not entitled to any preferential treatment regarding the purchase price of the crude. It buys the crude at the same cost as everyone else.
“We have no discount, we have no preferential price at Sangomar. We can ask questions, because these are our resources. Senegal's natural resources. We buy at market price. And behind that, it's a yield that gives more fuel oil. However, at the fuel oil level, we have almost no profit. That's where the problem lies,” points out the head of SAR.
"We earn higher margins on Nigerian crude than on Senegalese crude..."
The paradox, reveals Mr. Diop, is that today, for the company he runs, it is much more profitable to import crude oil from Nigeria than to buy locally. “That's the reality. We earn very high margins if we compare Nigerian crude oil to Senegalese crude oil. That poses a problem,” he says.
For him, the contract is not optimal, which is why the Prime Minister has set up a commission for renegotiation. Discussions are underway with international operators, notably Woodside and BP. "It's progressing very well; we have quite a few leads," he assures.
Commentaires (33)
- La SAR est toujours une filiale de PETROSEN ?
- PETROSEN a toujours ces 18% du pétrole ? comment c'est géré ?
- Si les 650.000 barils ont produit plus de Fioul pour la SENELEC, normalement on devait le sentir sur les factures. la convention entre SENELEC et la SAR ?
Justice pour les martyrs et les voleurs qui ont toujours rabaissé le bas peuple , pas de tolérance pour les fils des marabouts soient disant hommes d'affaires .
En fait, le probleme est plus simple que ce qu'il veut faire croire. Les installations de SAR n'etaient pas concus pour traiter un brut avec un taux de soufre aussi eleve que celui de Sangomar. Elles etaient concu exactment pour le brut du Nigeria.
Il faut SAR 2.0 comme l'a propose Cledor depuis longtemps. Si Macky Sall avait suivi les conseils de l'"Actviste", mais Patriote, Cledor, SAR 2.0 serait deja operationel aujourdhui. Helas, la Mafia de l'imortation de brut/fuel est passee par la.
Longue vie a Cledor!
Du m'importe quoi on protège la senelec et metre la SAR en difficulté
Ce que la SAR devrait faire c'est de continuer avec le Brut Nigerian comme il est plus avantageux
L’approvisionnement locale offre quand même des avantages certains .
Je vous ai toujours dit que wa Pastef sont soit des moutons soit des chèvres. Et toi qui vient de Dijon tu dois être un bouc!
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