SASOL Gas would welcome the entry of new competitors into South Africa’s natural gas import market, Sasol GM for public policy and regulatory affairs Johan Thyse said on Wednesday.He was responding to questions at the Gas Week 2014 conference in Bryanston, where a member of the audience asked him whether Sasol Gas was "hogging" the Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (Rompco) pipeline from Mozambique.Another delegate suggested that as the South African government was also a shareholder in Rompco — using taxpayers’ money — smaller domestic gas customers should have more access to gas from the pipeline.Sasol owns 50% of Rompco, which brings natural gas from the Pande and Temane gas fields in southern Mozambique to Secunda.The government of Mozambique owns another 25% of Rompco and 25% is owned by iGas, South Africa’s state gas infrastructure company.Most of the gas is used by Sasol for power generation and downstream products and it also sells to local industrial users...
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