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| Operating excellence and integration |
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| Sasol Limited, located in Johannesburg, South Africa acts as the group’s investment holding company* |
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| Sasol Group Services provides certain specialised services to group companies |
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| South African energy cluster |
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| Sasol Mining |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
4% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
6 042 |
5 466 |
| Operating profit |
1 171 |
1 227 |
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| Sasol Mining mines about 45 million tons (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. |
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| Sasol Synfuels |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
21% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
29 084 |
25 649 |
| Operating profit |
16 251 |
13 499 |
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| 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. |
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| Sasol Oil |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
27% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
38 191 |
32 787 |
| Operating profit |
2 417 |
2 432 |
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| 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. |
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| Sasol Gas |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
3% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
3 702 |
3 209 |
| Operating profit |
1 936 |
1 526 |
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| 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. |
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| Sasol Synfuels International (SSI) |
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| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
65 |
161 |
| Operating loss |
(763) |
(642) |
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| SSI and its Sasol Chevron joint venture develop
and implement international ventures based
on the Sasol Slurry Phase Distillate™gas-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. |
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| Sasol Petroleum International (SPI) |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
1% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
1 400 |
1 237 |
| Operating profit |
300 |
600 |
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| 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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| Chemical cluster |
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| Sasol Polymers |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
7% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
9 410 |
7 639 |
| Operating profit |
1 089 |
822 |
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| Sasol Polymers operates plants at Sasolburg
and Secunda and markets ethylene, propylene,
polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride,
chlor-alkali chemicals and mining reagents to a
diverse domestic and international customer base.
It also has operations at Kertih, Malaysia and is
developing polyethylene plants in the Middle East. |
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| Sasol Solvents |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
10% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
13 766 |
11 666 |
| Operating profit |
1 106 |
873 |
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| Sasol Solvents operates plants in South Africa and
Germany and supplies a wide range of solvents
(mostly alcohols and ketones) and comonomers
for the polyolefin market to customers throughout
the world. It also has a joint venture in South Africa
with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and with
Huntsman Corporation in Germany. |
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| Sasol Olefins & Surfactants (Sasol O&S) |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
16% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
22 582 |
19 095 |
| Operating profit/(loss) |
1 140 |
(3 567) |
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| Sasol O&S manufactures and markets surfactants
and surfactant intermediates, as well as inorganic
speciality chemicals, mainly at plants in Germany,
Italy, the USA and South Africa, for customers across
the globe. In March 2007 Sasol announced its
intention to retain and restructure this business. |
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| Sasol Nitro |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
3% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
4 170 |
3 402 |
| Operating profit |
610 |
466 |
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| Sasol Nitro manufactures and markets ammonia,
nitric acid, ammonium nitrate-based commercial
explosives and fertilisers, sulphuric acid, phosphate
products and blasting accessories. It also markets
ammonia, sulphur and speciality gases produced
by other Sasol businesses. |
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| Merisol |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
1% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
740 |
555 |
| Operating profit/(loss) |
27 |
(11) |
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| The Merisol joint venture with Merichem USA
produces and markets cresols, xylenols, alkylphenols
and other phenolics. It has manufacturing facilities
in South Africa and the USA and joint-venture
manufacturing facilities at Sasolburg and Oita, Japan. |
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| Sasol Wax |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
4% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
5 574 |
4 584 |
| Operating profit |
629 |
276 |
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| Sasol Wax operates wax production and marketing
operations in South Africa, Germany, Austria, Britain
and America and sales operations in Switzerland,
France, Denmark, Malaysia, Egypt, Australia and
New Zealand. |
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| Sasol Infrachem |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
2% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
2 526 |
2 270 |
| Operating loss |
(237) |
(297) |
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| Sasol Infrachem is a support business that provides
a services platform for reformed natural gas
production, utilities, infrastructure and site
support at Sasolburg. It is responsible for our
site governance at Sasolburg and our reputation
management in the Free State. |
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| Sasol Technology |
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| Contribution to group turnover |
1% |
| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Total turnover |
1 905 |
1 265 |
| Operating loss |
(132) |
(149) |
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| Sasol Technology manages our research and
development, technology and innovation,
engineering and project management portfolios.
It helps our businesses worldwide to pursue
growth and continuous improvement, and to
promote competitive advantage through
technology solutions. |
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| Sasol Financing |
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| Rm |
2007 |
2006 |
| Operating profit |
67 |
101 |
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| Sasol Financing manages the group’s cash,
liquidity, foreign exchange trading and credit
ratings. It is responsible for financial risk
management pertaining to interest rate, foreign
exchange and commodity price risk. The unit
provides support to the group and to business
units and joint ventures on financing strategies
and funding requirements. |
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Note: Please refer to the annual financial statements for a list of the significant subsidiaries and incorporated joint ventures of Sasol Limited. |
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