Sasol Report to Society 2020 - Book - Page 102
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Social impact across our host countries continued
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Sasol officially opened its world-first gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant
in Qatar in June 2006, in partnership with Qatar Petroleum.
It was built to produce alternative cleaner fuels for the global
market. The ORYX GTL plant is in Ras Laffan Industrial City and
the Sasol office is in the capital, Doha.
Qatar is classified by the United
Nations as a country of high
human development. It is a
high-income economy, backed
by the world’s third-largest
natural gas reserves. The
economic growth of the
country has been almost
exclusively based on its
petroleum and natural gas
industries, which began in 1940.
It is the World’s leading exporter
of liquified natural gas.
Qatar is located in Western
Asia, occupying the small Qatar
Peninsula on the north-eastern
coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
Qatar’s total population at end
of August 2020 is 2,73 million
according to the Qatari
Planning and Statistics
Authority. The official language
is Arabic, with English
commonly spoken.
Sasol in Society: 2020 Report
R3
MILLION
Social
investment
Community
development
R1,5
million
50%
Education
Qatar
R1,5
million
50%
