Sasol offers coal liquefaction technology to India
17 Oct 2007
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Mumbai: South African
petrochemicals giant Sasol is keen to promote its coal-to-liquid (CTL) transportation
fuel technology in India and is seeking firm assurance from the government on
the allocation of coal blocks for the purpose.
"Sasol is contemplating a $6 billion to $8 billion investment in India and a commercially proven technology but new in India," Ed Cameron, general manager (commercial) of Sasol Synfuels International told a business session organised as part of the India-Brazil-South Africa summit in Johannesberg.
India has 248 billion tonnes of coal reserves of which 93 billion tonnes are proven reserves.
He said a CTL plant could produce 500-1000 MW of export electricity depending on the configuration and five such plants could replace 20 per cent of India''s fuel imports by 2020.
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three million-tonne per annum CTL plant could offer a clean diesel production
of 68 per cent, naphtha production of 30 per cent and LPG two per cent, he said.
