Sasol set to open Qatar taps

Full steam ahead: at Sasol's Oryx plant in Qatar

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Jonathan Davis

 30 October 2007 19:27 GMT

South African fuels company Sasol will reach full capacity at its Qatar super-clean fuels plant in 2008 after over a year of delays due to technical problems, a company executive said today.

"We will reach full capacity in calendar year 2008," said Chris Turner, manager of Sasol's Oryx gas-to-liquids plant in Qatar.

He declined to give details of current output or shipments to date. A company source said the plant had shipped three cargoes of diesel and a cargo of naphtha, but declined to say how many barrels were shipped on each cargo, Reuters reported.

The plant had been scheduled to start selling fuel last year but problems with a super heater caused delays. Sasol said the cost of resolving problems with the plant would…

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