Sasol - Petronas Joint Feasibility Study on Uzbekistan GTL

Sasol is in the stage of doing feasibility study with Petronas for a Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) proposition in Uzbekistan. The two giants, Sasol which is the biggest producer of motor fuels from coal and Petronas, one of the seven sisters will be doing the study overseen by a joint-venture company.

The GTL plant which will be using Sasol's technology is rumoured to produce 1.3 million tonnes of fuel components including diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gass similar to Sasol's GTL plant in Qatar.

New Gas Fields Found in Mozambique

Two new natural gas fields were found in the southern Inhambane province of Mozambique. The gas field discovery is foreseen for domestic demand for natural gas as suggested by Mineral Resources Minister Esperanca Bias of Mozambique including for electricity generartion, fertiliser factory and fuel for vehicles.

Under Mozambican law, any consortium that has discovered gas reserves has six months to assess its findings and present a report to the government. In this case, the player will be South Africa's Sasol , Malaysia's Petronas and the Mozambican government. Sasol, the world's biggest maker of diesel from coal, owns 50 percent of the project, Petronas owns 35 percent, while the government of Mozambique holds 15 percent through national oil company Empresa Nacional De Hidrocarbonetos De Mozambique (ENH). 

Sasol Producing First Ever Synthetic Jet Fuels

Sasol has made a history when the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and other authorities have approved Sasol's coal-to-liquids (CTL) synthetic jet fuel, the first evert synthetic jet fuel approved for commercial airplanes which will be produced at Sasol's Synfuels plant in Secunda, South Africa.

The plan has long been considered but only recently the authorities realised the need to develop aviation fuel from feedstocks other than crude oil in current escalating demand. Sasol's synthetic jet fuels has less emissions due to its limited sulphur making it an environmental friendly fuel.

Wilmar and Sasol Building China Fatty Alcohols

A joint-venture between Wilmar International and South Africa's Sasol has been forged and in talks with Chinese oleochemicals producer Liaoyang Hua Xing for building a fatty alcohols chemical plant in China.

The collaboration will see Liaoyang, a manufacturer of fatty alcohols to have 40% share in the joint JV and Wilmar and Sasol will jointly hold a 60% stake. Plant capacity is still confidential at the moment.

Wilmar which is the world’s largest palm oil trader, with HQ in Singapore has also acquired Malaysian Kuok group’s palm plantation and edible oils business. Fatty alcohol is an ingredient commonly used in soaps, detergents and other consumer and personal care products such as cosmetics.