Air Liquide and Sasol have signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with TotalEnergies and its partner Mulilo for the long-term supply of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site, where Air Liquide operates the world’s largest oxygen production site. The PPAs will provide a total capacity of 260 MW, adding to the 220 MW signed with … Read more
Holiferm Limited and Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd., announced a collaboration to produce and market rhamnolipids and mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs). This collaboration expands the partnership announced in March 2022 between the two companies to develop and commercialise another biosurfactant product, sophorolipids. The partnership will use Holiferm’s proprietary technology to develop the fermentation-derived … Read more
Chemicals company Sasol announced Monday that the Competition Tribunal approved the deal by Sasol South Africa Limited to dispose of its 16 Air Separation Units (ASUs) located in Secunda to Air Liquide Large Industries South Africa. Sasol in last September had informed the market that its unit Sasol South Africa had concluded a sale of … Read more
Update: Sasol said on Wednesday its Lake Charles base chemicals unit joint venture (JV) with LyondellBasell Industries had been established, following closure of the deal on December 1. The Lake Charles base chemicals unit includes a 1.5-million-ton ethane cracker, 900,000-ton low and linear-low density polyethylene plants and associated infrastructure. According to the agreement signed in … Read more
Ineos Olefins and Polymers USA has agreed terms to acquire Sasol’s 50% stake in their joint venture, Gemini HDPE LLC for $404 million, thereby, becoming 100% owner of the asset. Gemini is a toll-manufacturer of bimodal high-density polyethylene (HDPE) products serving rapidly growing pipe and film markets. Gemini HDPE plant, which has a capacity of … Read more
Sasol’s low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit at the Lake Charles Chemicals Complex (LCCP) at Louisiana, USA, reached beneficial operation on November 15. The LDPE unit is the seventh and final LCCP unit to come on line. The LCCP is now 100% complete with total capital expenditure forecast to be within the previously communicated guidance of $12.8-billion. … Read more
The Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) continued operations with its exceptional safety record with a recordable case rate (RCR) of 0.11, according to the Company. After the ethoxylates (ETO) expansion achieved beneficial operation in January 2020, the alcohol expansion and the alumina expansion, as well as the new Guerbet unit, achieved beneficial operation in … Read more
Sasol Ltd. has signed an exclusive negotiation agreement for Air Liquide to acquire the biggest oxygen-production site in the world located in Secunda in South Africa. The agreement is in line with Sasol’s plan to reduce its emissions of CO2. In this context, Air Liquide would operate the 16 air separation units (ASU) of this … Read more
Hanwha Group is seeking to acquire a 50% in an ethane cracking center (ECC) of Sasol’s Lake Charles complex in Louisiana, according to a Business Korea report. The acquisition is estimated to cost around 3.4 billion, according to industry sources. Hanwha Group has reinforced its financial power with support from local financial firms. Hanwha Solutions … Read more
Sasol and Enaex S.A., a subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group, have announced the start of operations of new explosives JV in Southern Africa. The new explosives joint venture Enaex Africa started operations on 1 July 2020. In line with the company’s growth strategy review of 2017, Sasol’s explosives business was identified as having substantial … Read more
Sasol said on Tuesday that it aims to generate $6 billion by the end of financial year 2021 as it seeks to stabilise its balance sheet. The energy and chemicals major is battling high debt, the impact of the corona virus outbreak and falls in oil and chemical prices. Sasol said it could sell up … Read more
Sasol announced that the LCCP Ethane Cracker is increasing production rates following the successful replacement of the acetylene reactor catalyst. Sasol’s Ethane Cracker achieved beneficial operation in August 2019 but has run approximately 50 – 60% of nameplate capacity due to underperformance of the plant’s acetylene removal system. The company stated that the issue has … Read more
Huntsman Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Sasol to acquire the 50% interest that Huntsman does not own in the Sasol-Huntsman maleic anhydride joint venture. The joint venture owns a manufacturing facility in Moers, Germany with capacity to produce 100,000 metric tonnes of maleic anhydride. Huntsman will pay Sasol $92.5 million, … Read more