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Sasol

Sasol is an integrated energy and chemicals company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company operates across more than 30 countries, with a primary focus on southern Africa, and is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Sasol is best known for its coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids technologies, producing synthetic fuels, chemicals and low-carbon electricity through proprietary Fischer-Tropsch processes. Core products include liquid fuels, chemicals such as solvents and polymers, and industrial gases. The company operates significant gas assets in Mozambique, including the Pande-Temane gas fields, which supply natural gas to South African industrial customers and support domestic energy security. Sasol also produces a range of commodity and speciality chemicals used in industries from mining to pharmaceuticals. The group employs tens of thousands of people globally and generates annual revenue in the hundreds of billions of rand. In recent years, Sasol has committed to an energy transition strategy, investing in renewable energy projects and exploring lower-carbon pathways to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint. The company was founded in 1950 as the South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation to develop domestic fuel sources during international isolation, and commercialised its coal-to-liquids technology at Secunda, which remains one of the world's largest single-site emitters of carbon dioxide. Sasol continues to balance its legacy fossil-fuel operations with a growing portfolio of sustainable energy and chemical solutions.

Sasol Updates


The University of Cape Town's main campus.
UCT overcomes rooftop PV limitations with electricity wheeling deal
2nd June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has signed a power purchase agreement with Discovery Green for wheeled renewable electricity that will account for up to 90% of the electricity consumed across the... 



Sasol's destoning plant
Report highlights challenges, risks facing Sasol amid the just energy transition
29th May 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As the world embraces a just energy transition, petrochemicals giant Sasol stands at a critical crossroads as one of South Africa's largest industrial employers and a key pillar of South Africa's... 


Sustainable aviation fuel
HySHiFT sustainable aviation fuel project, South Africa – update
29th May 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The HyShift Consortium’s production of power-to-liquid fuels at Secunda will not currently meet Europe’s Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin compliance criteria. 


South Africa poised for record IPP deployments in 2026
South Africa poised for record IPP deployments in 2026
22nd May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s utility-scale renewables and battery storage market is poised for a record year of installations, a new research note produced by the Power Futures Lab at the UCT Graduate School of... 


Battery and solar panels
Naos-1 hybrid solar PV and battery energy storage project, South Africa
22nd May 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Naos-1 represents the largest solar and battery facility developed specifically for private offtakers in South Africa. 


Roadmap calls for gas supply, liquefied natural gas terminals, pipelines, storage and gas-to-power infrastructure to be designated as strategic national economic infrastructure.
Industrial gas users outline policy actions needed to avert gas cliff
18th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The Industrial Gas Users Association-Southern Africa (IGUA-SA) has outlined the policy requirements it believes are now required to mitigate what would otherwise be a steep decline in gas supply to... 


The Natref refinery in Sasolburg
Sasol upbeat on market demand for Natref’s premium SAF and renewable diesel
15th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol, which recently secured product-sustainability certification for jet fuel and diesel produced from used cooking oil and vegetable oils at its Natref refinery, says... 


Discussion panel and attendees at Memsa event to boost opportunities for South Africa’s OEMs.
Growth’s not an entitlement, investment’s not a given, Memsa event hears
8th May 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Growth is not an entitlement and capital investment is not a given. These were two key points that Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised during a Mining Equipment... 


The Natref refinery
Trafigura among three bidders for minority stake in South Africa's Natref oil refinery, sources say
5th May 2026 By: Reuters

Global commodities trader Trafigura is among three companies vying for a 36.36% stake in South African petrochemical company Sasol’s Natref refinery, two sources with knowledge of the matter told... 


South Africa poised for record IPP deployments in 2026
South Africa poised for record IPP deployments in 2026
5th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s utility-scale renewables and battery storage market is poised for a record year of installations, a new research note produced by the Power Futures Lab at the UCT Graduate School of... 


The Natref refinery in Sasolburg
Sasol optimistic of market demand for Natref’s premium SAF and renewable diesel
28th April 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol, which recently secured product-sustainability certification for jet fuel and diesel produced from used cooking oil and vegetable oils at its Natref refinery, says... 


Sasol's Sasolburg plant
Sasol aims for green jet fuel exports to EU
23rd April 2026 By: Reuters

South African petrochemical company Sasol has received certification from a German agency for its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), paving the way for it to start exports to the European Union, a... 


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