MANUFACTURING SUBSECTORS - Basic chemicals and petroleum refineries

The basic chemicals and petroleum refineries industry comprises polymers, bulk petrochemicals and intermediates, other basic industrial and inorganic chemicals, and fertilisers. [...] Value added in basic chemicals and petroleum refineries, 1994 to 2016, in billions of constant (2016) rand (a) Petroleum products, chemicals, rubber and plastic - Stats SA Heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries only - Quantec 120.0 100.0 80.0 60.0 40.0 20.0 - Note: (a) Deflated by calculating the deflator used in the sources from figures in current and constant rand, and then rebasing to 2016. [...] Employment in basic chemicals and petroleum refineries and other manufacturing by gender women as % of other manufacturing labourforce women as % of heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries labourforce women manufacturing workers in heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries as % of all women in manufacturing men manufacturing workers in heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries as % of all men in ma. [...] Return on assets (a) in heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries and other manufacturing, and after-tax profits in basic chemicals and petroleum refineries as percentage of after-tax profits in manufacturing as a whole return on assets: heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries (a) return on assets: other manufacturing (a) heavy chemicals and petroleum refineries profits after tax as % of total man. [...] 8 millions of randshare of top 5 companies in subsector income Company Employees Activities Petroleum 1 418 Involved in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, the Oil and Gas production and marketing of synthetic fuels from offshore gas, and the Corporation development of South African refining capacity, infrastructure and technology.