Sasol was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg in South Africa and celebrated 60 years of operation in 2010.
Historical milestones
Formation of Sasol to commercialise coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology in
South Africa (1950)
Original CTL complex starts producing synthetic fuels and chemicals at
Sasolburg, South Africa (1955)
Joint venture Natref oil refinery begins production at Sasolburg (1971)
Sasol privatises and lists on the JSE, South Africa (1979)
Construction of Sasol Two synfuels and chemicals complex in Secunda
completed (1980)
Launch of polymer production and first international chemical marketing
office at Birmingham, UK (1990)
First full scale Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate Fischer-Tropsch reactor
commissioned at Sasolburg (1993)
Formation of Polifin joint venture with AECI – now Sasol Polymers (1994)
Formation of international wax business – now Sasol Wax (1995)
International Condea chemical business acquired; first agreement signed
for developing our first GTL plant, Oryx (2001)
Sasol Mining wins Platts/Business Week Global Energy Award for coal
company of the year (2002)
Sasol lists on the New York Stock Exchange in the USA (2003)
Start of natural gas production in Mozambique's Temane field; Sasol Oil
merges with Exel Petroleum and enters the South African fuel retail market
(2004)
Launch of major Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) deals for Sasol Oil and
Sasol Mining (2006)
First international GTL plant, Oryx, starts production in Qatar (2007)
Commissioning of Arya Sasol Polymer Company facilities in Iran; Sasol
concludes landmark R24 billion Sasol Inzalo broad-based black economic
empowerment (BEE) transaction (2008)
SPI signs agreement with Talisman Energy to acquire 50% stake in their
Farrell Creek shale gas assets in British Columbia, Canada; Ixia Coal
transaction concluded, in line with black economic empowerment strategy
(2010)
Sasol lists its Sasol BEE ordinary shares on the JSE in South Africa
(2011)
last updated: 4 Nov 2012
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