VOL. XLV

No 48

2-December-2002

SUPPLY/DEMAND

GTL Projects Are Long-Term Play For Sasol, Says HSBC

South Africas Sasol, along with Shell the leading oil company to develop gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, is unlikely to see substantial returns in the short term from its GTL projects, despite its unique long-term experience of the technology involved, according to an HSBC research report issued on 10 October. In the same way that GTL is a means of monetizing stranded gas, the construction and...