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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Sasol Ltd. will no longer consider gas supply from a planned pipeline stretching from fields in northern Mozambique to its South African operations because it doesn\u2019t want to get stuck with the infrastructure as the world shifts away from fossil fuels, Chief Executive Officer Fleetwood Grobler said.<\/p>\n

The company, South Africa\u2019s biggest fuel producer, in 2020 said it would potentially buy a small stake in the proposed 2,600-kilometer (1,616-mile) African Renaissance Pipeline \u2014 valued at $6 billion in 2016 \u2014 connecting to discoveries made by TotalEnergies SE and Eni SpA. TotalEnergies last year suspended the development of its find due to an Islamist insurgency.<\/p>\n

That type of infrastructure will mean that the company will be \u201ctied to that for 30 or 40 years because that\u2019s the nature of the investment,\u201d Grobler said in an interview at Sasol\u2019s headquarters in Johannesburg. \u201cGas in the long term is also a fossil fuel and we said we want to get to net zero.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s second-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases has now targeted a 30% reduction in emissions by 2030, largely through replacing a portion of the coal it uses to make synthetic fuel and chemicals, with natural gas.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s focus on options that involve less investment reflects a rapidly changing energy landscape that ultimately will see gas demand follow an exit from coal. Sasol is considering liquefied natural gas imports from the Matola terminal planned by TotalEnergies and Gigajoule Group in Mozambique, along with further development of its own fields in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a no-regret move because you know that will deplete and then when you don\u2019t need the gas, you don\u2019t develop more gas,\u201d Grobler said. \u201cYou need to bridge 10 or 15 years and then you need to go out.\u201d<\/p>\n

LNG Imports<\/b><\/p>\n

Sasol already transports gas to South Africa from Mozambique on the 865-kilometer Rompco pipeline. The fuel is used for all of its Sasolburg operations and for 8% of its Secunda operations \u2014 with 40 million tons of coal \u2014 which it plans to cut by a quarter \u2014 accounting for the remainder.<\/p>\n

Sasol cut its stake in the Rompco pipeline last year.<\/p>\n

A decline in production from Sasol\u2019s Mozambique gas fields can be supplemented by the LNG from Matola that would be converted back to gas and fed into the main line through a connecting pipe by 2026. The company plans to sign a term sheet for supply by the end of the year after assessing the potential effects of demand for the fuel from buyers including state-owned utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which plans to replace some of its coal-fired power generation with gas.<\/p>\n

The changes will switch Sasol\u2019s position from a seller to a buyer of natural gas, which could expose it to price swings recently exacerbated by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully we\u2019re beyond that volatility by \u201826,\u201d Grobler said.<\/p>\n

By<\/b><\/p>\n

Paul Burkhardt<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Sasol Ltd. will no longer consider gas supply from a planned pipeline stretching from fields in northern Mozambique to its South African operations because it doesn\u2019t want to get stuck with the infrastructure as the world shifts away from fossil fuels, Chief Executive Officer Fleetwood Grobler said. 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