The Tribunal has conditionally approved the large merger between Strategic Fuel Fund Association NPC (“SFF”) and Avedia Energy (Pty) Ltd (“Avedia”) (in Business Rescue).
 
SFF is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Central Energy Fund (SOC) Ltd. SFF's primary function is to store and manage the country's strategic crude oil stockpile as well as privately held crude oil inventories. The acquiring group is a producer of liquified petroleum gas (“LPG”) through PetroSA.
 
Avedia (in business rescue) is an independent wholesaler of LPG. Its business activities comprise the sale of LPG in bulk to national wholesalers and smaller independent players in the Western Cape as well as the operation of LPG storage facilities in Saldanha Bay.
 
A full press release will be issued in due course.