{"id":1740,"date":"2014-09-09T02:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T01:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2015-09-07T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T13:53:49","slug":"sasol-considering-expanding-into-tanzania-ghana-and-angola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sasol-considering-expanding-into-tanzania-ghana-and-angola\/","title":{"rendered":"SASOL considers expanding into Tanzania, Ghana and Angola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sasol is seeking into expanding into more Eastern and Western African countries according to an interview with Reuters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The South African company earlier in the year reported it was conducting a study to build a\u00a0gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in northern Mozambique\u00a0with Italian oil and gas group as its first priority in Mozambique in an interview with the CEO David Constable.<\/p>\n<p>Asked on which countries the company would prioritize into operating in Constable told Reuters would look into &#8216;Angola, Ghana onshore and Tanzania all of which have already shown potential especially in natural gas towards the east and oil in Ghana and Angola towards the west.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAngola, Ghana onshore and Tanzania, those types of countries is where we&#8217;ll take a run,\u201d the CEO is quoted by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Sasol is however quick that it would venture into Tanzania as a non-operator producing assets and take part in oil or gas exploration in these countries.<\/p>\n<p>Sasol is already facing challenges from the volatile exchange rate and oil price assumptions with increasing geopolitical tensions among the company\u2019s foreseen challenges in future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sasol is seeking into expanding into more Eastern and Western African countries according to an interview with Reuters on Monday. The South African company earlier in the year reported it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sasol-considering-expanding-into-tanzania-ghana-and-angola\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[160,997,1696,2191,2249,2466],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-angola","tag-ghana","tag-natural-gas","tag-rovuma-basin","tag-sasol","tag-tanzania","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sasol.jpg?fit=400%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-s4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14811,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/africa-energy-bank-gains-momentum-with-capital-contributions-from-nigeria-angola-and-ghana\/","url_meta":{"origin":1740,"position":0},"title":"Africa Energy Bank Gains Momentum with Capital Contributions from Nigeria, Angola and Ghana","author":"","date":"April 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0In a significant development for Africa's energy sector, Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB). 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