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Sasol Limited is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa.The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg, South Africa, and built on processes that German chemists and engineers first developed in the early 1900s (see coal liquefaction).
Secunda CTL is a synthetic fuel plant owned by Sasol at Secunda, Mpumalanga in South Africa. It uses coal liquefaction to produce petroleum-like synthetic crude oil from coal. The process used by Sasol is based on the Fischer–Tropsch process. It is the largest coal liquefaction plant and the largest single emitter of greenhouse gas in the world.
Sasol Secunda. Secunda (from Latin: second, secund, secundi meaning second/following) is a town built amidst the coalfields of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.It was named for being the second Sasol extraction refinery producing oil from coal, after Sasolburg, [2] some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the west.
The ex-workers took SASOL to court as result and, in 1989, the Labour Court ruled in favour of the ex-workers; however, as of 2014, they have yet to receive compensation. SASOL still denies responsibility and, as a result of the refinery's designation as a National Key Point, the actions taken against workers remain secret until today. [2]
Sasol operates the world's only commercial Fischer Tropsch coal-to-liquids facility, Secunda CTL, with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day (24,000 m 3 /d). [ 5 ] Sasol's Oryx Fischer Tropsch gas-to-liquids plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City , Qatar is running at 29,000 barrels per day (4,600 m 3 /d) capacity, near its anticipated 34,000 ...
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The project was developed by Chevron Nigeria Limited (75%) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (15%). [1] Sasol gained interest in the project early on, acquiring half of Chevron Nigeria's stake; however, due to increased cost and delays, Sasol reduced its stake to 10% in late 2008.