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Sasol Limited, located in Johannesburg, South Africa acts as the group’s investment holding company
Sasol Group Services provides certain specialised services to group companies
 
   
South African energy cluster  
   
Sasol Mining
Contribution to group turnover 4% 
Rm 2007 2006
Total turnover 6 042 5 466
Operating profit 1 171 1 227
 
Sasol Synfuels
Contribution to group turnover 21% 
Rm 2007 2006
Total turnover 29 084 25 649
Operating profit 16 251 13 499
   
Sasol Mining mines about 45 million tonnes (Mt) a year of saleable coal at Secunda and Sasolburg, mostly for our South African plants, and exports about 4 Mt of coal annually. Its main operations at Secunda comprise the Bosjesspruit, Brandspruit, Middelbult, Syferfontein and Twistdraai Export operations. It has one mine in Sasolburg, Mooikraal.   Sasol Synfuels operates the world's only commercial coal-based synfuels manufacturing facility at Secunda. It produces synthesis gas through coal gasification and natural gas reforming, and uses our proprietary technology to convert synthesis gas into synthetic fuels components, chemical feedstock and pipeline gas.    
         
         
Sasol Oil
Contribution to group turnover 27% 
Rm 2007 2006
Total turnover 38 191 32 787
Operating profit 2 417 2 432
          
Sasol Gas
Contribution to group turnover 3% 
Rm 2007 2006
Total turnover 3 702 3 209
Operating profit 1 936 1 526
   
Sasol Oil markets fuels blended at Secunda and refined through its 63,6% share in Sasolburg's Natref refinery. Products include petrol, diesel, jet fuel, illuminating paraffin, fuel oils, bitumen and lubricants. It has created 169 Sasol convenience centres and 222 Exel service centres in South Africa and exports fuels to several SADC countries.   Sasol Gas distributes and markets natural gas from Mozambique's Temane field and methanerich gas produced at Sasol Synfuels in Secunda. The company delivers pipeline gas through a 2 000-kilometre pipeline network to 550 industrial and commercial customers in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, the Free State and through its Spring Lights Gas black economic empowerment venture in KwaZulu-Natal.    
         
International energy cluster    
         
Sasol Synfuels International (SSI)
   
Rm 2007   2006  
Total turnover 65   161  
Operating loss (763) (642)
 
Sasol Petroleum International (SPI)
Contribution to group turnover 4% 
Rm 2007 2006
Total turnover 1 400 1 237
Operating profit 300 600
   
SSI and its Sasol Chevron joint venture develop and implement international ventures based on the Sasol Slurry Phase DistillateTgas-toliquids (GTL) process. SSI brought our first international GTL plant into production with Qatar Petroleum earlier this year. SSI also pursues opportunities based on other hydrocarbons that could be beneficiated through our coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology.   SPI develops and manages our upstream interests in oil and gas exploration and production in Mozambique, South Africa, Gabon and Nigeria. It produces gas from Mozambique's Temane field and oil from the offshore Etame field in Gabon, and pursues gas exploration opportunities globally for GTL feedstock.    
   
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