SEP (Société d'entreposage de pétrole) operates oil storage facilities near the Port of Bujumbura.

[6] As of 1982 petrol products were imported by five companies: Finam Mobil, Texaco, Shell and BP.

Houses were destroyed in the Buyenzi quarter, and damage was done to the stocks of SEP, COGERCO, RAFINA and the Port of Bujumbura.

[8] In August 2019 the Council of Ministers, chaired by Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi, decided to rehabilitate the SEP facility in close collaboration with Interpetrol, now the sole shareholder and manager of SEP-Burundi.

[9] Presidential decree 100/034 of 20 February 2024 created the Société Pétroliere du Burundi (SOPEBU) a publicly owned company, under the Ministry of Energy.