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Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

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billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. Sasol converts gas and coal into liquid fuels, fuel components and chemicals through proprietary Fischer-Tropsch (FT) processes. In partnership with Qatar Petroleum, it started up its first international GTL plant, Oryx GTL, in 2007. Earlier post.)

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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Russia’s energy resources are enormous and Europe’s dependence on them is deep and pervasive. But Russia’s importance as an exporter of natural resources goes far beyond hydrocarbons. The continent was mostly powered by locally mined coal until the 1950s, when imports of cheap Middle Eastern oil started transforming the energy picture.

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