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Oryx GTL:  Sasol Cautiously Optimistic
 
South Africa’s petrochemical producer Sasol is optimistic that its 32,400 b/d Oryx gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant (Sasol 49%, Qatar Petroleum 51%) in Qatar has overcome its reliability issues. In a fiscal year-end earnings call, Sasol’s CEO, David Constable, said “in May and June in Qatar, the average run rate equaled 106% of design capacity, proof that our GTL technology is fully commercialized and ready to...