Sasol proposes Project Mafutha CTL plant

April 4, 2008
Sasol Technology has hired Foster Wheeler South Africa to carry out a prefeasibility study for the Project Mafutha coal-to-liquids plant in South Africa.

Uchenna Izundu
International Editor

LONDON, Apr. 4 -- Sasol Technology (Pty.) Ltd. has hired Foster Wheeler South Africa (Pty.) Ltd. to carry out a prefeasibility study for the Project Mafutha coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in South Africa. The contract value was not disclosed.

Project Mafutha, a greenfield CTL facility, would produce 80,000 b/d of synthetic fuel using Sasol's proprietary low and high temperature Fischer-Tropsch processes and refinery technology for converting the Fischer-Tropsch products into fuel products. Foster Wheeler will investigate a location for the plant.

"The project will also include other processing units, utilities and offsite facilities necessary to support the development," a Foster Wheeler spokesperson said. "Foster Wheeler's scope for the study will also include the integration of other venture elements, such as the mining operation, into the overall venture scope."

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