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Another major gas discovery off Garden Route coast

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More bad news for nature and tourism lovers on the Garden Route. There’s been another gas discovery offshore. Total announced on Wednesday a second significant gas condensate discovery offshore South Africa, Kallanish Energy reports. The discovery on the Luiperd prospect, on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, follows the adjacent play opening Brulpadda discovery last year. The well was drilled to a depth of 3,400 meters and encountered 73 meters of net gas condensate pay. The block is operated by Total with a 45% stake. Other partners include Qatar Petroleum … Read the full article…

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R100-million: New Knysna Waste Water Treatment Plant?

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Why is the majority of Knysna’s waste water not meeting standards?” asked John.Buchanan, a retired specialist and engineer. He was at the Section 80 Technical Services meeting on April 12 to call for the use of alternative technologies, different attitude and skills. He was addressing politicians and municipal staff. “Unfortunately,” Buchanan stated, “a lot of the new technologies are not being utilised by smaller municipalities such as Knysna.” PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED He quoted from an CSRI report on the South African situation which found that the main problems were: An over … Read the full article…

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