South African energy fund to provide emergency jet fuel for Joburg airport -operator

South Africa's state-controlled Central Energy Fund is working on providing an additional 1.5m litres of jet fuel for Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport in the event of further supply shortages, the head of the airport operator said on Monday. Last month an oil industry body flagged the jet fuel shortage at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport, one of Africa's busiest airports, linking it to damage from devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal province that have left thousands homeless and caused at least 10b rand ($633m) of damage to infrastructure. "While overall stock levels are stable, certain suppliers impacted by the declared force majeure are still unable to acquire the quantities of jet fuel they require," Mpumi Mpofu, CE of Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), told a news conference. As a result, the Central Energy Fund will invoke available legislative measures to ensure there is energy security and "they are working on providing approximately 1.5m litres of jet fuel in the event that the mismatch between supply and demand is not mitigated," Mpofu added.<br/>