Sasol to integrate carbon capture into China project

South Africa’s coal-to-liquids (CTL) specialist Sasol is including carbon capture and storage (CCS) options in the upfront design of a proposed 80,000 barrel per day project it is studying, together with the Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry group, for possible development in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Group GM Lean Strauss, who is responsible for Sasol Synfuels International and Sasol Petroleum International, said that an official project approval report, which will include the sequestration options, is scheduled to be handed to the Chinese government’s National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC) during the first half of 2010. (October 27, 2009)