Sasol to sell world’s biggest oxygen production site to Air Liquide

JSE-listed petrochemicals company Sasol has signed a negotiation agreement with industrial gas company Air Liquide for the sale of Sasol South Africa’s 16 air separation units (ASUs), in Secunda.

The ASUs, with a 42 000 t/d capacity, provides oxygen for Sasol’s fuels and chemical production processes in Secunda, as well as supplies various other gases that are used on site.