Sasol reports slight decline in sales of petrol and diesel
SASOL’s sales of petrol and diesel — what it refers to as "white product liquid fuel" — declined a fraction to 58.8-million barrels in the year to end-June from 59.2-million the previous year.Its total fuel sales include "black product" — chemicals like bitumen which is used to make tar — which grew to 2.5-million barrels from 2.3-million barrels, the group said in a production update on Friday ahead of its financial results scheduled for release on September 12.Total liquid fuel sales of 61.3-million barrels were 2% higher than the forecast given in its interim results.Sasol’s Secunda synfuel plant increased production by 1% to 33.2-million barrels and its Natref refinery by 1.4% to 21.2-million barrels.Its Oryx gas-to-liquid plant in Qatar reported a 9.4% drop in production to 4.72-million barrels, which the company said was due to an extended planned statutory shutdown in the third quarter of Sasol’s financial year."Subsequent to the shutdown, utilisation rates averaged above 100...
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