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The Sasol Chevron gas-to-liquids (GTL) joint venture is planning to market GTL diesel and naphtha from the 34,000 barrel per day Oryx venture in Qatar from the middle of 2006, Sasol said Thursday.
Oryx GTL, a $950 million joint venture between Sasol Synfuels International (SSI) and state-owned Qatar Petroleum, has passed the 95% construction mark (IOD May19,p2).
Most of the initial GTL diesel from Oryx will be blended by conventional fuel refiners in Europe, to optimize refinery operations and to produce premium-grade retail diesel. "The European market currently exhibits a number of dynamics that make...