Sasol’s Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) Ethane Cracker facility in Louisiana, USA has achieved beneficial operation. With this move, the company aims to improve the quality of ethylene and also ramp up the unit.

The new facility is expected to expand Sasol’s current alkoxylation capability to approximately 150 kilo tonnes per annum which will more than double its capacity in the Asian region. It is also the firm’s largest expansion project in China.

Sasol has recently shared an update on the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP), which is situated in Louisiana, USA. According to the new plan, the cost estimate for the project has been revised to a range of 12.6 – 12.9 billion dollars which includes a contingency of 300 million dollars.

Situated in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in China, the new alkoxylation plant is expected to be Sasol’s largest expansion project in the region with a capacity of approximately 150 kilo tonnes per annum.

Das südafrikanische Erdöl- und Chemieunternehmen Sasol hat das FT-Wax-Erweiterungsprojekt (FTWEP) mit einem Projektwert von ca. 900 Millionen Euro abgeschlossen. Die vorhergehenden Phasen des Erweiterungsprojekts wurden bereits in den Jahren 2015 sowie 2017 abgeschlossen, bevor das Gesamtprojekt im Februar 2018 beendet werden konnte.

Sasol Chemicals hat die Maßnahmen zur Kapazitätserweiterung am Standort in Brunsbüttel nach eigenen Angaben abgeschlossen. Durch den Ausbau ist das Unternehmen in der Lage die Produktion von Tonerde (Aluminiumhydroxid) dort um ca. 15.000 Tonnen im Jahr zu steigern.

Sasol Chemicals’ Inorganics and Catalyst division announced the completion of its alumina capacity expansion at Sasol’s Brunsbüttel site in Germany.

Sasol has completed its $ 1.1 billion FT Wax Expansion Project (FTWEP). Phase 2 began beneficial operation in March 2017, while phase 1 was commissioned in 2015.

Jacobs Engineering, through its South African joint venture Jacobs Matasis, has been awarded a two-year agreement with Sasol Group Technology for project management services and specialized resources.

South Africa's integrated chemicals and energy company, Sasol, began construction of its new alkoxylation plant in Nanjing, China.