First natural gas from Mozambique delivered to South Africa

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Feb. 25 -- Sasol Ltd., Johannesburg, reports the delivery of first gas Saturday from the Temane natural gas fields in Mozambique to its synfuels plant at Secunda, near Johannesburg. The gas is being delivered via the newly commissioned 865 km pipeline between the two countries.

The $1.2 billion, world class pipeline and gas development project, a joint venture of Sasol and the governments of Mozambique and South Africa, consists of Pande and Temane gas field developments, a central gas processing facility at Mozambique, the pipeline, conversion of Sasol's existing gas pipeline network beginning this month, supply of gas to industries, and the conversion of Sasol Infrachem feedstock in Sasolburg to natural gas from coal by the end of May. Sasol also will use the gas as supplementary feedstock for its synfuels plant in Secunda.