The company is a pioneer in gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology, and plans to build the US’s first ever plant for converting natural gas to liquid fuels, such as diesel and jet fuel.
Sasol have chosen a location in the southwestern corner of Louisiana, where the plant will have good access to large shale fields just to the north, and also to the west in Texas.
David Constable, CEO of Sasol, said that, “by incorporating GTL technology in the U.S.A.’s energy mix, states such as Louisiana will be able to advance the country’s energy independence through a diversification of supply.”
Sasol already has smaller plants in South Africa and Qatar, but the 96,000 barrel a day, Louisiana plant will be the second largest in the entire world, after Royal Dutch Shell’s Pearl Plant in Qatar.
