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Sasol and partners sign investment agreement to develop and implement GTL project with the Government of Uzbekistan

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South African energy and chemicals group, Sasol, together with partners Uzbekneftegaz and PETRONAS, signed an investment agreement with the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade for the Uzbekistan government, for the development and implementation of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Uzbekistan.

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Petronas, Uzbekneftegaz and Sasol Developing Uzbek Gas-to-Liquids Project

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The HOA follows the positive outcome of a joint pre-feasibility study undertaken by the three parties on the proposed project, based on Sasol’s proprietary technology, to produce high-quality transportation fuels from Uzbekistan’s gas reserves.

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

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The project is slated to be the first plant in the US to produce Fischer-Tropsch GTL transportation fuels and other products from natural gas, according to Sasol. billion barrels of liquid fuels and chemicals from coal and natural gas. High temperature iron, for Secunda fuels and chemicals production.

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Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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Among the increasing challenges is that while the sourcing, processing, and delivery of clean water is becoming more energy-intensive, the extraction and refining of fossil fuels and their substitutes is trending towards increasing water requirements per unit of fuel produced as energy companies work with progressively lower grade resources.

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Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan for major synthetic gasoline plant; first full-scale Haldor Topsøe TIGAS facility

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The plant will be become operational in approximately four years from now with a daily production capacity of 15,500 bbl of synthetic gasoline. Unlike DME, methanol and ethanol, synthetic gasoline meets existing gasoline standards so it can be used as a drop-in fuel. Clausen, Chief Executive Officer and President at Haldor Topsøe A/S.