SFF is a wholly owned subsidiary of CEF established by the Government and came into operation in 1977. The entity is mandated by the Minister of Energy to manage and control the Strategic stocks, Strategic assets and commercialization of the assets in order to fund the government mandate. In 2012 SFF merged with Oil Pollution Control South Africa (OPCSA), which was previously a service provider to SFF. SFF manages three terminals: Saldanha, Milnerton and Ogies. Saldanha is fully utilized for both strategic crude storage and commercial activity with its revenue used to fund the mandate of SFF.

SFF requires the services of a capable service provider to design, install and commision the two new deepwell anode groundbed for cathodic protection. Intergrate the deepwell anode groundbed with the existing rectifier. Repair the testing points along the pipeline. The cathodic protection is used to protect the two underground pipeline from the terminal to Jetty