About Us

Shareholding and Ownership

FFS Refiners is owned by Calulo Investments, with
BUD Chemicals & Minerals as our other major shareholder
.

FFS Board

Andrew-Canning---Managing-Director-v1.1

Andrew Canning
Chief Executive Officer

Anisa Khan - Director

Anisa Khan
Director

Edward Ashkar
Non-Executive Director

Gabby Sequeira
Non-Executive Director

Our Values

To meet our new vision of providing unique hydrocarbon solutions to our stakeholders,
we have revisited our company values.

These are the values we believe all our employees must live out if we are to succeed!

Company Overview

  • The company was started in 1974 by Tony & Diane Hurter and the inaugural project involved recovering oil from a huge waste oil dam termed “Midmar 2” at Sapref Refinery in Durban. The oil was processed and supplied to the Union Whaling company on The Bluff in Durban. The waste oil dam and whaling company are no longer in operation however they remain a vital part of FFS’s history.
  • Another milestone project dating back to the 1980’s was the recovery and trade of 360 000 tons of dumped Coal Tar aswell as 400 000 tons of dumped Coal Pitch from Sasol’s “Unutilized Black Product” dams in Secunda.
  • It was during the 1990’s, when FFS heralded in a new era through the design and construct of our very own 1300 ton double Hull Bunker Barge at our Headoffice, nostalgically known as “Black Egret”.
  • Early into the new millenium the FFS in-house design and fabrication team built two Used Lubricating Oil high pressure hydrotreaters, one which is situated at our Pietermaritzburg branch and the other for an operation situated in New South Wales, in Austrailia. Both hydrotreaters produce high quality baseoil. The FFS team concurrently designed and built a Used Lubricating Oil processing plant for an operation in Hull, United Kingdom.
  • The Hurter’s sold the FFS brand in 2013, we are now proudly owned by Calulo Petrochemicals (Pty) Ltd with Bud Chemicals & Minerals (Pty) Ltd being our other significant shareholder.
  • 2018 proved to be a turning point for FFS, as we officially began the supply and bunkering of Marine Fuels in Cape Town. This landmark undertaking has enabled international fishing vessels, oil rigs and other shipping to return to Cape Town. These vessels were abandoned a few years ago when fuel supply was extremely limited. As a result of FFS’s new Marine product-offering, these once abandoned vessels have now given a much needed boost to the Cape economy.
  • FFS stored Diesel at our Cape Town Harbour terminal for a period of a decade, this product was stored for Eskom’s Ankerlig Gas Turbine Power station. We were able to deliver 1 600 000 litres in a single day which equates to 42 road tankers from two loading points.
  • We are a majority black-owned company and are extremely proud to have successfully progressed to a level 1 BBBEE status.
  • FFS is indeed passionate about our service-offering however has also placed a great deal of emphasis on our Corporate Social Investment which has primarily focused on the education fraternity placing prominence on providing invaluable support from early childhood literacy, high-school math’s & science and tertiary level bursaries. We have also provided assistance to local schools in the form of feeding schemes and a highly successful school uniform project.
About FFS

In-house core abilities:

  • A Research & Development team that are equipped to undertake investigation to develop innovative projects.
  • An Engineering department that carries out multidisciplinary projects.
  • ISO14001 accredited environmental management system across the branches supported by our HSE team.   
  • ISO9001 certified laboratories at our production sites.
  • An ISO3834 accredited fabrication workshop.
  • Customer service teams that provide technical knowledge, support and advice for new installations and plant optimization.