Shaw Group Receives Contract From Sasol To Provide Basic Engineering Support

Published: 21-Apr-2009

By: Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer

The Shaw Group Inc. (Shaw Group) said that its Energy & Chemicals Group has received a contract from Sasol Limited (Sasol) to provide basic engineering support for two Fischer-Tropsch units. The will provide the basic engineering package for the Fischer-Tropsch unit of Sasol’s Wax expansion project in Sasolburg, South Africa. The company's scope of work includes proprietary equipment design and technology optimization.

The project is expected to raise Sasol’s production of medium waxes and liquid paraffins by around 50%.

In addition, the company is providing engineering services to Sasol Technology’s Fischer Tropsch Licensing group (FTL). The FTL is performing a feasibility study for the Sasol and Shenhua-Ningxia Coal Company partnership.

The feasibility study examines the potential for an 80,000 barrels-per-day coal-to-liquids plant in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Specifically, the company is supporting the Fischer-Tropsch, water treatment, wax treatment and heavy ends recovery areas of the study with the FTL.

“Shaw has worked with Sasol on Fischer-Tropsch technology for more than 30 years and has designed approximately 96 percent of all Fischer-Tropsch units in the world,” said Lou Pucher, president of Shaw’s Energy & Chemicals Group. “The two contracts further solidify Shaw’s long-term partnership with Sasol in the continued development and expansion of this technology.”

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