Sasol GTL Technologies

Sasol Limited is an innovative and competitive global energy company　　　　　　　　　　　　group companies　
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Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa it is engaged in the commercial production and marketing of chemicals and liquid fuels; with a growing interest in oil and gas exploration.

Sasol was established in 1950 by the South African government to manufacture fuels and chemicals from indigenous raw materials. The company has developed world-leading technology for the commercial production of synthetic fuels and chemicals from low-grade coal as well as the conversion of natural gas to environment-friendly fuels and chemicals. It is committed to sustainable development and is a signatory of Responsible Careｮ, a worldwide initiative by the chemical industry that strives to improve performance in safety, health and environment.

A workforce of 30 000 strong deploy their skills and talents to drive the company forward in exploration, mining, science, technology R&D and business development. Sasol is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE), symbol SOL and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), symbol SSL.

A family of diverse businesses with almost 50 entities in The Americas, Australasia, Europe and Africa, subscribes to a code of shared values that mould Sasol into one powerful global brand.

sasol in chemicals

Sasol's chemical activities are structured around the global focus areas of Polymers, Olefins & Surfactants（売却へ）, Solvents and Waxes. The South African based nitrogen cluster of businesses comprising Ammonia, Explosives and Fertilisers complement the international operations.
These are supplemented by the Merisol phenolics, African Amines and Polymer joint ventures, which further extend our activities into Autralasia and North America.
The acquisition of the Condea Group has expanded our operational footprint globally in olefins & surfactants and solvents and opened doors for geographic diversification.
All products are backed by world-leading technology and R&D resources.
Sustainable development is key to our entire operation. We are committed to Responsible Care, a worldwide initiative by the chemical industry that strives to improve performance in safety, health and environment.

Sasol Limited、RWE-DEAからCONDEA Groupを購入 →　Sasol North America

　→　Sasol considering the disposal of its Olefins and Surfactants (O&S) business

三菱化学、Ｓａｓｏｌ社とのアクリル酸及びアクリル酸エステル事業での合弁会社設立

　

sasol in fuels

Our focus is on the manufacturing, refining and marketing of automotive and industrial fuels and oils, with a growing interest in gas.
Unique Fischer-Tropsch technologies backed by world leading R&D are fundamental to the invention of our processes and their development.
（南アフリカでは長い間アパルトハイトにより石油禁輸を受けていたため）
We operate the world's only coal based synthetic fuels facility, producing liquefied petroleum gas from low grade coal.
Our automotive fuels which are marketed in South Africa are designed to advance performance. Both Sasol dualfuel^(TM) and Sasol turbodiesel^(TM) are breakthrough products in this country.
In industry, we provide premium fuels and lubricants that meet or exceed stringent specifications. We also produce jet fuel, fuel alcohol and illuminating kerosene.
Our entry into hydrogen and methane rich gas production and exploration has extended activity into southern and West Africa.
Sustainable development is not only key, but a priority. Sasol is also a signatory of Responsible Care, a worldwide initiative that strives to improve performance in safety, health and environment.

sasol in manufacturing and refining

Sasol manufactures over 200 chemical and fuel related products.
A worldwide network of production facilities meets the requirements of our strategic businesses. Operations are further extended through global partners and subsidiaries.
We operate the world's only coal-based synthetic fuels manufacturing facility at Secunda in South Africa, which uses unique Sasol Fisher-Tropsch technology to manufacture synthesis gas from low-grade coal. This is converted into a large range of petrochemicals.
At the Natref refinery, also in South Africa, crude oil is refined to produce bitumen, diesel, gas, jet fuel, liquid petroleum, paraffin, and petrol.

sasol in gas

Pioneering our new generation Gas to Liquids (GTL) technology on a global scale is a key priority.
Increasing finds of natural gas reserves, especially in remote regions, present the opportunity to apply our Slurry Phase Distillate (SPD) process in many parts of the world. Project work for the construction of the US$950 million ORYX GTL plant has commenced in Qatar. Sasol has been awarded a GTL project in Nigeria. Gas rich regions such as Australasia, the Middle East and the Caribbean are under review.
Sasol's entry into methane rich gas production and exploration has expanded activity into southern and West Africa.
Through the Mozambique natural gas project in the Temane and Pande gas fields, pipeline gas will be supplied to customers in Mozambique and South Africa from 2004.
Sustainable development is key to our operations. We are committed to Responsible Care, a worldwide initiative that strives to improve performance in safety, health and environment.

Sasol Limited
http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/downloads/Group_of_companies_1102922244003.pdf

The Sasol head office at Johannesburg, South Africa coordinates group activities and provides certain specialised services to group companies.The names and principal activities of the main businesses and divisions of the Sasol group of companies are featured here.

Oil and gas businesses
Sasol Mining
Sasol Mining supplies coal to Sasol Synfuels, Sasol Infrachem and international customers from two regional operations: Sigma Colliery(炭鉱), near Sasolburg, consisting of the Sigma/Mohlolo underground and Wonderwater strip-mining operations; and Secunda Collieries (Bosjesspruit, Brandspruit, Middelbult, Twistdraai and Twistdraai Export underground operations) and the nearby Syferfontein underground and strip-mine operations.　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　Total turnover 　5 244 Rm
　Operating profit 1 194 Rm

Sasol Synfuels
Sasol Synfuels operates the world’s only coal-based synfuels manufacturing facility. Located at Secunda, it uses Sasol’s Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce synthesis gas from both coal and natural gas and converts this into petrol, diesel, liquified petroleum gas, chemical feedstocks and industrial pipeline gas.
Sasol Synfuels produces most of South Africa’s chemical building blocks, including ethylene, propylene, ammonia, phenolics and solvents.
　　Total turnover 　15 993 Rm
　　Operating profit 　5 512Rm

Sasol’s liquid fuels business
Sasol’s liquid fuels business manufactures and markets fuels and lubricants from its facilities at Secunda and its share in the Natref crude oil refinery. Products include petrol, diesel, jet fuel, fuel alcohol, illuminating paraffin, fuel oils and motor and industrial lubricants. It manages Sasol’s interests in Natref and the Tosas bituminous products business.
Sasol’s liquid fuels business (LFB) launched a fuel retail network during 2004.
　　Total turnover 　　18 851 Rm
　　Operating profit 　 1 429 Rm

Sasol Gas
Sasol Gas distributes and markets natural gas from Mozambique and methane-rich gas produced at Secunda. The company delivers pipeline gas through a 2 265 km pipeline network to more than 500 industrial and commercial customers in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal.
　　Total turnover 1 522Rm
　　Operating profit 387Rm

Sasol Petroleum International
Sasol Petroleum International (SPI) develops and manages our international upstream interests in oil and gas exploration and production from offices in London and Johannesburg.
These interests are concentrated in Mozambique, South Africa, Gabon, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea. SPI is developing Mozambique’s Temane and Pande fields that started producing natural gas in February 2004. It is also producing oil off the coast of Gabon.

Sasol Synfuels International
Sasol Synfuels International (SSI) develops and implements international ventures based on the integrated, three-step Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate (SPD.) process for gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuel conversion. SSI also explores opportunities based on coal and other hydrocarbon sources that could entail the use of Sasol Fischer-Tropsch technology. SSI is developing its first GTL plant in Qatar.

Main chemical businesses
Sasol Olefins & Surfactants 界面活性剤
Sasol Olefins &Surfactants is a global supplier of surfactants, surfactant intermediates and feedstocks, related products and comonomers from plants in Germany, Italy, USA, South Africa, China, Slovakia and Dubai. The division has four global business units: Alcohols & Surfactants, Alkylates & Surfactants, Monomers and Inorganic Specialities.
　　Total turnover 17 382　Rm
　　Operating profit (67)　Rm

Sasol Polymers
Sasol Polymers operates plants at Sasolburg and Secunda and produces ethylene, propylene, low-density polyethylene, linear low-density polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali chemicals and mining reagents. It also has an interest in two plants in Malaysia producing ethylene and propylene and low-density polyethylene.
　　Total turnover　　 6 662Rm
　　Operating profit 　1 030Rm

Sasol Solvents
Sasol Solvents is a supplier of a diverse range of solvents and associated products with manufacturing plants in South Africa and Germany. It has 11 business units: Blends & Hydrocarbons, C3/C4 Alcohols, Esters & Acids, Ethanol, Fine Chemicals, Glycol Ethers, Ketones,Methanol, Mining Chemicals, Acrylic Acid & Acrylates (a joint venture with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) and Maleic Anhydride (a joint venture with Huntsman Corporation).
　　Total turnover 6 455Rm
　　Operating profit 117Rm

Other chemical businesses
Sasol Nitro
Sasol Nitro manufactures and markets ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate-based products, including commercial explosives, fertilisers and related chemicals, as well as specialised blasting accessories. It manufactures phosphoric acid and a phosphate detergent and markets, on behalf of other businesses, their production of ammonia, sulphur and speciality gases.

Sasol Wax
Sasol Wax operates wax manufacturing, blending and marketing operations in South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom,Austria, Norway and the USA. The division also has marketing and sales operations in France, Denmark, Malaysia, Australia and Venezuela.

Sasol Infrachem
Since June 2004, Sasol Infrachem has been producing syngas derived from natural gas as feedstock for Sasol’s Sasolburg chemical businesses. Sasol Infrachem’s gas business has been transferred to Sasol Gas, and it now produces and distributes reformed natural gas on behalf of Sasol Gas. Sasol Infrachem provides on-site utilities, infrastructure support and support services to other businesses.

Merisol
Merisol is a joint venture with Merichem Company of the USA. It is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of cresols, xylenols, alkylphenols and other phenolics. It has manufacturing facilities in South Africa and the USA and maintains two joint ventures, one at Oita in Japan, and one at Sasolburg in South Africa.　

＊住化メリゾール

Specialist services
Sasol Technology
Sasol Technology is our business partner in the fields of research and development, technology and innovation, engineering and project management of, inter alia, capital projects. The company fulfils a strategic role by helping Sasol businesses worldwide to pursue growth and continuous improvement opportunities and to promote competitive advantage through appropriate technology solutions and services.

Sasol Financing
Sasol Financing is responsible for centrally managing group cash and liquidity, the group’s credit rating processes, in-house banking, domestic and international financing arrangements, foreign exchange, interest rate and treasury risk management, as well as general financing and treasury matters. Sasol Financing also acts as business partner to Sasol subsidiaries and joint ventures for project-specific and company-specific specialised financing and financial risk mitigation strategies and arrangements. Assistance is provided in developing and implementing hedging strategies pertaining to commodity price risk, foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk.

Sasol North America

Formed from the chemical division of CONOCO, Inc., Vista Chemical became a private company in July 1984. In 1986, it became a publicly traded company, and in 1991, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German oil and gas producer, RWE-DEA, as part of the CONDEA Group. On March 1, 2001, RWE-DEA concluded an agreement with Sasol Limited (Johannesburg, South Africa) for the purchase of the CONDEA Group.

Sasol North America operates as part of Sasol Olefins & Surfactants, headquarted in Frankfurt, Germany. Sasol Olefins & Surfactants is part of Sasol Chemical Industries Ltd. headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sasol North America strives to deliver consistently high quality products to all our customers around the world.

2005/8/1 Sasol

Sasol considering the disposal of its Olefins and Surfactants (O&S) business 　　　　Surfactants：界面活性剤
http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/frontend/navigation.jsp?articleId=12200003&navid=4&rootid=4

Sasol announced today that it is considering the disposal of its Olefins and Surfactants (O&S) business excluding its co-monomers activities in South Africa.

Sasol acquired Condea in March 2001 from German-based RWE Dea for euro1,3 billion. Most of this business was subsequently hosted in Sasol O&S with production facilities mainly in the USA, Europe and South Africa. A smaller part of the business was hosted in Sasol Solvents which, together with the South African-based solvents activities, forms a global solvents business. The entire solvents business is being retained by Sasol.

"Since the acquisition, substantial success has been achieved in reducing costs and improving the productivity at Sasol O&S. Pleasing progress has also been made in strengthening relationships with key customers," says Sasol deputy chief executive Trevor Munday.

"In 2003, Sasol determined that it would continue to grow its chemical businesses conditional upon projects leveraging its technology or securing integrated and highly cost-competitive feedstock positions. The O&S business is only partially integrated upstream into feedstocks and has not adequately provided the integration benefits which Sasol requires," says Munday.

Sasol has embarked on an exciting international commercialisation programme of its leading gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuels technology and possibly also at a later stage its coal-to-liquid (CTL) technology. "This is expected to require significant funding. The GTL and CTL ventures will support or enhance traditionally high margins achieved by Sasol as a consequence of its technology and operating prowess," says Sasol chief executive Pat Davies.

"To optimally leverage both its talented people and financial resources in the next few years, Sasol wishes to establish the saleability of Sasol O&S at fair value," says Davies. "During this process, Sasol will remain committed to the strategic and operational goals of Sasol O&S and will continue to provide the business with the support necessary to uphold its effectiveness and success," he says.

Deutsche Bank has been appointed to assist Sasol in procuring offers, assessing the feasibility and attractiveness thereof and executing any potential transaction.

　会社名：住化メリゾールRSA (Pty) Ltd
　立地　：南アフリカサソールブルクのサソール社工場内
　出資者：長春人造樹脂廠（長春グループ）　80%
　　　　　　　　　　当初　住友化学
　　　　　　メリゾール　20%
　設立　 ：2001/1
　製品　 ：エポキシ樹脂中間体オルソクレゾールノボラック(OCN)
　備考　 ：�@Merisol　http://www.merisol.com/
　　　　　　　　南ア・Sasolと米MerichemのJVでクレゾール酸の大手専業メーカー
　　　　　　�A住友化学の技術で、メリゾール供給のオルソクレゾールを原料としOCN を製造
　　　　　　　 全量、住友化学に供給

　　　　　　�B住友化学大分工場内のメタパラクレゾール製造の合弁会社に次いで、
　　　　　　　住友化学とメリゾール社による二番目の合弁会社
　　　　　　http://www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp/japanese/gnews/news_pdf/20010116_1.pdf

　　　　　　 �C2004/6　住友化学発表

半導体封止材用オルソクレゾールノボラック型エポキシ樹脂事業（生産能力7,500トン／年）について、本年10月をもって同業界のリーディングカンパニーの１社である長春人造樹脂廠股ｲ分.有限公司（本社台湾・台北市）へ事業譲渡し、同社に当社技術等を全面的に継承することといたしました。
（長春によると、住化メリゾールの住化持分80%も譲受）
http://www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp/japanese/gnews/news_pdf/20040603_1.pdf

2006/1/16 Sasol

Sasol builds new plant to double Octene production
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Sasol today announced that construction of a 100 000 tons per annum 1-Octene plant in Secunda in South Africa was underway. The facility is scheduled to go into production during the second half of 2007 and will double Sasol's existing 1-Octene output to 200 000 tons a year.

Technology group Linde AG was awarded the “detail engineering, procurement and construction” contract.

Sasol North America plans to build a new low density polyethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and will use ExxonMobil Chemical's tubular process technology for its operations, the companies said.

The 420,000 my/year plant is targeted for completion in late 2016, according to the statement.

Mike Biesheuvel, managing director for Sasol Polymers International Investments, said past experience working with ExxonMobil and the company's track record with similar-sized facilities were key factors in moving forward with another partnership. The two companies worked together on an LDPE plant in Sasolburg, South Africa.

"LDPE producers continue to choose our tubular process technology for its broad grade-slate capabilities, high reactor uptime and lower total cost compared with commercial gas-phase reactors," said Jennifer Dunphy, vice president, ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing.
　

Sasol is proposing the construction of an integrated GTL and ethane cracker adjacent to Westlake, Louisiana, near Lake Charles. This innovative complex will not only benefit our nation’s energy independence but will also be a tremendous economic stimulus to the region.

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November 30, 2011

Sasol Announces Feasibility Study to Build an Ethylene Cracker Complex

South African energy and chemicals company Sasol today announced that it has approved a feasibility study for a world scale ethylene cracker and derivatives complex. The study is focused on opportunities at Sasol’s North America operating site in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Sasol CEO, David Constable, said the board’s approval of the study is an important next step in the growth of Sasol’s chemicals business.

“We believe strategic growth in chemicals will take full advantage of the natural gas opportunities along the US Gulf Coast and the anticipated growth will strengthen Sasol’s overall portfolio,” Constable said.

It is envisaged that the cracker will produce between 1 million and 1,4 million tons of ethylene per annum. Current estimates are that a cracker and derivatives complex, of this size, will cost between US$3,5 billion to US$4,5 billion.

The feasibility study is expected to be complete during the first half of 2013.