SASOL LIMITED
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
April 2021
Contents
Introduction About this report
1 About this report
How we create value
IFC
1
Case for change 2 The objective of this document is to:
New operating model 2 Provide context and explain the functioning of Sasol’s
Leadership 2 new operating model.
Segmental reporting 3 Highlight the changes between our previous and new
operating model.
xplain the key business drivers, performance metrics and
E
Energy Business
2
interfaces of each part of Sasol’s business.
Overview 5 Create an understanding of the building blocks supporting
Energy Business products 6 our earnings and return on invested capital.
Mining 7
Gas 8 This document should be read in conjunction with the
simplified earnings model, business performance metrics
Fuels 9
and restated segment information.
Operations 10
Secunda 10
Natref 10 Note: All information provided in this document relates
to the financial year ended 30 June 2020. Furthermore,
ORYX GTL 11
the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on our
financial results which were offset by once-off cost
Chemicals Business
3
savings. The extent of impact was more significant in
12 some areas of the business than others and as a result
Overview
users should exercise caution regarding the use of the
Product grouping: previous 14
information disclosed in this document.
vs new operating model
Chemical Business divisions 14
Chemicals Africa 16
Chemicals America 17
Chemicals Eurasia 19
Abbreviations 20
Disclaimers IBC
Values Be: Safe I C aring I Inclusive
Accountable I Resilient
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Introduction
1
How we create value
Sasol is a customer-focused company, providing energy and chemicals solutions based on our unique proprietary
technology. We source, produce and market a range of high-value products around the world, creating value for our
customers, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Our business model
Source Produce Market
feedstock products products
Marketing of energy
Production of refined
Source feedstock safely and chemical products
petroleum and chemical
and sustainably used in a wide range of
products globally
applications globally
Case for change
In 2020, Sasol faced challenges unparalleled in it's 70-year history. The oil price collapse, volatility in chemical prices and
the spread of COVID-19 came at a time when the balance sheet was highly leveraged following the significant capital
investment in the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP). We took immediate action by implementing a comprehensive
response plan that combined short-term actions to reduce leverage with a longer-term plan to reposition Sasol to
enhance profitability, able to adapt to future market volatility and a lower oil price environment.
The first step in repositioning the business has been to change our operating model to one which is more efficient,
with decisions made closer to the customer. The new operating model is in place, with the new leadership structure
effective from 1 November 2020. This will enable our Future Sasol ambition to be a more resilient and sustainable
business in the future.
Current reality The pathway Our ambition
Case for change Sasol 2.0 Future Sasol
• Pricing and volume pressures • Delivery of cash savings • Profitable at US$45/bbl oil
• Leveraged balance sheet • Asset divestments reducing • Specialty Chemicals expansion
• Long-term sustainability debt • Sustainable Energy transition
shifts • New operating model • Competitive returns to
shareholders
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Introduction (continued)
New operating model
Our new operating model enables improved decision-making down in our two businesses, Energy and Chemicals. The leaner
Corporate Centre is focused on maximising the benefits of synergies, leveraging best practice across the organisation,
setting strategic boundaries and allocating capital.
Advantages of the new operating model include:
• Reduced costs with a leaner Corporate Centre and removal of duplication
• Increased market and customer-centricity
• Improved efficiency in decision-making
Energy Chemicals
Strong cash generator Leveraging integrated value chains
with stable long-term profile for high-value returns
• Improve economic value and cost competitiveness • Align our business with powerful megatrends
• Reduce the carbon footprint of our facilities • Transform our portfolio toward innovative solutions
• Secure affordable gas supply and implement renewables • Earn the right to accelerate high value growth
• Higher margins in mobility business • Aggressively drive excellence in all we do
• Identify sustainable lower carbon growth options
Supported by lean Corporate Centre
Leadership
Guided by our purpose and values, our Group Executive Committee will steer the business to deliver shared value to all
our stakeholders.
Group Executive Committee (GEC)
President and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO)
“ By leveraging the combined skills and
experience of our GEC team, each with clearly
defined and focused portfolios, we are driving
momentum to deliver Future Sasol.
“ Fleetwood Grobler
Executive Vice President: Executive Vice President: Executive Vice President: Group Chief Financial Officer
Energy Operations Chemicals Business Energy Business
Executive Vice President: Executive Vice President: Executive Vice President:
Strategy, Sustainability and Human Resources and Sasol 2.0 Transformation*
Integrated Services Stakeholder Relations
* Role in place for up to 24 months.
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Introduction (continued)
Segmental reporting
The key changes to the operating segments are set out below:
PREVIOUS SEGMENTAL REPORTING NEW SEGMENTAL REPORTING
Mining
Mining
Operating Business Unit Gas
Exploration and Energy Business
Production International Fuels
Energy Chemicals Africa
Strategic Business Unit Base Chemicals Chemicals America
Chemicals Business
Performance Chemicals Chemicals Eurasia
Other Group Functions Corporate Centre Support businesses
Costs will be passed through the integrated value chain to the underlying businesses while assets and liabilities which
are separately identifiable and directly linked to a business will be allocated accordingly. Other assets and liabilities
which cannot be directly linked will be split across the two businesses based on the ratio of the Energy and Chemicals
Businesses' products produced at the facility. This is particularly true for Chemicals Africa where production will be
managed by the Energy Operations in South Africa with associated costs and balance sheet allocated to the Chemicals
Africa segment.
The new Sasol 2.0 operating structure has enhanced the business functions’ service model, delivering more agile and
effective shared services. This is done through:
• Simplifying, streamlining and standardising processes
• Elimination of duplication in execution
• Centred around the three major locations in which Sasol operates (South Africa, Eurasia and America) instead of at
Group level
Functional costs within the Corporate Centre, providing services to other Sasol entities, are allocated based on functional
cost drivers. Corporate Centre costs that cannot be linked to operational activities are retained at Group level.
The nature of activities that remain within the Corporate Centre include, inter alia, company secretarial services,
assurance services, legal IP and compliance services, corporate affairs and communications, Group financial controlling,
sustainability, portfolio strategy, corporate finance and investor relations.
In addition, the Group hedging activities are executed centrally and the resultant financial impacts are reflected in the
Corporate Centre.
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Introduction (continued)
Market disclosures
Secondary market disclosures will align with the new operating segments to better reflect the focus areas and
performance of each segment.
Energy:
• Mining segment will remain unchanged, reflecting coal feedstock
• The Gas segment will reflect the upstream feedstock, infrastructure (through ROMPCO), and external natural and
methane rich gas sales
• Fuels segment will reflect the integrated value chain, fuel sales and the ORYX GTL investment
Chemicals:
• Chemicals Africa, America and Eurasia segments will reflect the divisions at a regional level
Energy Business Chemicals Business
Chemicals Chemicals Chemicals
Mining Gas Fuels Africa America Eurasia
Internal gas External liquid
Production Advanced Materials
sales fuels sales
External External gas External liquid Base Chemicals
purchases sales1 fuels purchases
External oil and
Internal and Secunda3
condensate Essential Care Chemicals
external sales sales2
Natref Performance Solutions
Operations
ORYX GTL
Sasolburg3
1. Includes methane rich gas (MRG) sales; 2. Concluded divestment of our non-operated interest in the Gabon oil producing asset in February 2021;
3. Secunda and Sasolburg Operations managed by Energy. Chemicals-related products disclosed in Chemicals Business.
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Energy Business
2 Energy Business
Overview
Our Energy Business, which has a strong regional position across
Mining Gas Fuels
Southern Africa, is a customer-focused organisation that leverages
our unique technologies and advantaged assets to create value for
our stakeholders.
We currently operate integrated value chains with feedstock sourced from our Mining and Gas operating segments and
processed at our Secunda and Sasolburg Operations and Natref. We also have associated assets outside South Africa.
These include the Pande-Temane Petroleum Production Agreement (PPA) in Mozambique and ORYX GTL (gas to liquids) in
Qatar.
We have proprietary technologies that can generate attractive and sustainable margins from a combination of our low
cost feedstock, safe and reliable operations and attractive energy and chemical products. Our leading fuel technologies
facilitate cleaner fuels which differentiate us from other oil companies.
Through implementation of the Sasol 2.0 transformation programme, we are focused on optimising the performance
of our assets with improved cost effectiveness. Alongside this, we are making progress towards our near-term climate
targets by increased sourcing of renewables and reducing the greenhouse gas footprint of our facilities.
Going forward our ambition is to be a leading integrated low carbon electricity and energy player, leading the energy
transition in South Africa. We will therefore scale up our low carbon activities by leveraging our capabilities and working
in partnership with others.
We continue to invest in innovation and research to drive the energy transition. Currently, we are the world’s largest
hydrogen producer and believe that we have the asset base and technology to lead the anticipated growth of a green
hydrogen economy.
Enabling Future Sasol
Positioned for sustainable energy transition and growth
• Leading the energy transition in FUTURE SASOL
South Africa • Enhance fuels margins
√ Advantaged feedstock
• Advantaged assets with enhanced √ G
as market access and • Portfolio resilience
resilience leadership • Access to affordable gas supply
• Leading fuel technologies √ Differentiated capabilities • Customer-centric at heart
• Integrated value chain and scale √ T
rack record of innovative large- • Lower carbon business solutions
• Unlocking value through scale technology deployment and technology at scale
partnering √ Leading a just energy transition
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Energy Business (continued)
Overview (continued)
Primary feedstock Regional Operations Manufacturing sites
Southern Africa Southern Africa
• Secunda
Coal
• Mozambique
• Sasolburg (Natref)
Crude oil
Rest of world
Eurasia
• Qatar
Natural gas
Energy Business products
Mining Gas Fuel
• Thermal coal • Natural gas • Petrol
• Methane rich gas • Jet fuel, kerosene and diesel
• Crude oil and condensates • Propane, butane and LPG
(Liquid Petroleum Gas)
• Electricity sold to the grid
• Heating fuel
• Lubricants
• Bitumen
• Naphta
Drivers of revenue
• Coal supplied to Secunda • Selling prices based on long- • Liquid fuel prices mainly driven
Operations on arm's-length terms term gas sale agreements by the Basic Fuel Price (BFP).
• Coal supplied to Sasolburg • Methodology for South African Sales through wholesale is at BFP
Operations based on a long-term natural gas and methane rich plus cost such as transportation
supply contract with inflation- gas selling prices approved by and storage. Sales through
linked escalation NERSA commercial and retail benefit
• Export coal is based on FOB • Crude oil and condensates from additional, controlled
Richards Bay index (dollar coal selling prices are linked to margin increases as approved by
price and partially on a fixed Brent crude oil prices the South African Department
price basis) of Mineral Resources and Energy
(DMRE)
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Energy Business (continued)
Mining
Overview
• Production of approximately 40 mt of saleable coal per year, with exports comprising between 2 – 3 mt per year.
• A long-term agreement exists with Anglo that requires a purchase of approximately 5,1 mt per annum. This agreement
expires in 2026 and supplements the coal produced by our mining operations for Secunda Operations.
Complex Product placement
Coal-to-liquids (CTL) complex • Supplies approximately 33 mt of coal to the Secunda
Operations
Sigma complex • Supplies approximately 1 mt of coal to the Sasolburg
Operations
Export complex • Approximately 2 – 3 mt coal is beneficiated and exported
• Middlings from the export plant is also used in the
Secunda Operations
Cash costs
• The cash cost breakdown below is an approximate range based on the FY20 information.
• The primary drivers (excluding external coal purchases) are:
• Labour (35%)
• Maintenance (20%)
• Variable costs (27%)
• Other (includes cost of belonging, utilities, professional fees and contractor costs) (18%)
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Energy Business (continued)
Gas
Overview
Exploration assets
• Various exploration projects, in different stages of advancement, are currently underway:
• Onshore Mozambique (PT5-C)
• Offshore Mozambique (A5-A)
• Offshore South Africa (ER236)
Development assets
• The final investment decision on the Mozambique Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) licence area development was
made in February 2021.
• This project will entail Mozambique in-country monetisation of gas through a 450 megawatt gas-fired power plant and
an LPG facility in the same time frame. The balance of the gas produced will be exported to South Africa to sustain our
operations. Current resource estimates reflect up to 1,2 trillion cubic feet of gas for the high case.
Production assets
Mozambique production
• Natural gas and condensate are produced from the onshore Pande-Temane Petroleum Production Agreement (PPA) asset
and sent to the central processing facility (CPF) for processing and compression.
• Most of the natural gas is transported via the ROMPCO pipeline from the CPF to Secunda.
Product Product placement
Natural gas • Approximately 15 bscf sold to Mozambican markets,
32 – 36 bscf to South African markets and 100 – 110 bscf
sold internal to Secunda and Sasolburg Operations
Condensate • Approximately 200 – 250 m bbl exported
Canada production
• In Canada, Sasol holds 50% equity in a partnership with Progress Energy Canada Ltd for the development and operation
of the Farrell Creek and Cypress A shale gas assets in British Columbia. Progress Energy Canada Ltd operates the asset on
behalf of the partnership.
• In line with our strategy, we remain committed to divest from the Canada assets.
Gas operations
• Gas is imported from Mozambique via the ROMPCO pipeline to our Sasol Gas network in South Africa (Gauteng and
the Free State).
• Within South Africa, our network in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) and Witbank-Middleburg is supplied with methane rich gas
(MRG) from Secunda. The KZN network is supplied with MRG via a pipeline that is owned by Transnet.
Product Product placement
Methane rich gas • Approximately 20 – 22 bscf sold to South African markets
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Energy Business (continued)
Cash costs
• The cash cost breakdown below is an approximate range based on the FY20 information.
• The primary drivers are:
• Operating cost for hydrocarbon production (25%)
• Labour (28%)
• Maintenance on existing wells (11%)
• Exploration (15%)
• Other (includes cost of belonging and study costs) (21%)
Fuels
Overview
• Comprises the sales and marketing of liquid fuels produced in South Africa. We supply approximately 40% of South
Africa's domestic fuel need through retail and wholesale channels and 30 – 35% of South Africa's jet fuel demand.
• Market approximately 9 billion litres (60 million barrels) of liquid fuels, blended from fuel components produced by:
• Secunda Operations: 31 – 33 mm bbl
• Crude oil refined at Natref: 17 – 22 mm bbl
• External product purchases: 3 – 9 mm bbl
• We currently operate 412 retail sites in South Africa
Product Product placement
Jet fuel • Mainly OR Tambo International Airport and other oil
companies
Liquid fuels • 4% exported to neighbouring countries
• 96% sold in South Africa
Black products • 70% to mainly Eskom
Cash costs
• The cash cost breakdown below is an approximate range based on the FY20 information.
• The primary drivers of cash costs (excluding crude oil and final product purchases, internal coal and gas purchases from
Mining and Gas) in this segment are:
• Labour (29%)
• Maintenance (22%)
• Utilities, primary electricity (32%)
• Other (comprising carbon costs, legal, communications, facilities etc) (17%)
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Energy Business (continued)
Operations
Secunda Operations Natref ORYX GTL
Secunda
Operations overview
• Operates a coal- and gas-based synthetic fuels manufacturing facility. It produces syngas primarily from low-grade coal
(approximately 90%) with a smaller portion of natural gas (approximately 10%).
• The process uses advanced, high temperature Fischer-Tropsch technology to convert syngas into a range of synthetic
fuel components, heating fuels (including industrial pipeline gas), and chemical feedstock.
• Supplier of utilities to the Chemicals Business.
• Produces approximately 7,5 – 7,7 mt per annum (150 000 bbl per day).
• The split of production between Energy and Chemicals is approximately 60% and 40% respectively.
• Secunda production split is approximately 65% petrol, 35% diesel.
• Apart from the production of saleable products, Secunda Operations generates approximately 50% of its own electricity
requirements.
• Capacity to generate 600 MW/h from coal (via steam) and 200 MW/h from natural gas.
• The total demand for the Secunda Operations is approximately 1 000 MW/h – 1 200 MW/h.
• Phased shutdown on a four-yearly cycle (ie one every year, usually around September), and the common equipment on
an eight-yearly cycle (alternating between three and five years). Our last total shutdown was during September 2018.
• The production impact of the total shutdowns, when the common equipment is maintained, is around 115 000 tons
lower production.
• As part of our Sasol 2.0 ambition we are planning to extend our phased shutdowns to a five-year cycle.
• We are currently implementing Clean Fuels 2 specifications and expected to go to market at the beginning of FY26.
Feedstock
• Low grade coal, acquired from Mining, used as feedstock for fuels and chemicals as per pricing mechanism with Mining.
• Natural gas, acquired from Gas, used as feedstock for both fuels and chemicals production, as well as electricity
generation.
Natref
Operations overview
• Natref operates as a processing facility that operates assets on behalf of the Energy Business.
• Sasol Oil (Pty) Ltd, together with Total SA (Pty) Ltd, own the facility in Sasolburg. Sasol has a 63,64% equity participation
in this joint venture (JV).
• The refining capacity of Natref is 108 500 bbl per day.
• Natref production split is approximately 29 – 32%, petrol, 31 – 37% diesel, 9 – 21% jet fuel and 5 – 8% black products.
• Natref is a deep conversion refinery that is designed to upgrade heavy, sour crude oil with a high sulphur content and
yields about 91% white petroleum products.
• In Durban, the Natcos JV in which Sasol Oil has a 63,64% equity participation, houses crude oil, petrol and diesel
tankage connected to import facilities.
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Energy Business (continued)
Feedstocks
• Relatively heavy crude oil with high sulphur content that yields approximately 91% white products.
• Crude oil is purchased at market prices from the Arab Gulf (40 – 60%) and sweet crudes from West Africa (40 – 60%).
Capacity* and yields
• Crude oil processed: between 2,6 and 3,3 million cubic meters (m3) over the past three years.
• White product yield: between 89% and 91% of raw material over the past three years.
• Total product yield: between 97% and 98% over the past three years.
* Sasol shareholding.
ORYX GTL
Operations overview
• Sasol Middle East and India Pty Ltd (SMEI) holds a 49% equity interest in a fully operational plant in ORYX GTL based in
Qatar. The other 51% interest is held by Qatar Petroleum (QP).
• The capacity of ORYX GTL is 32 400 bbl per day.
• ORYX GTL production split is approximately 67% diesel, 31% naphta and 2% liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
• ORYX GTL follows a statutory shutdown cycle every three years of approximately 48 days.
Feedstock
• ORYX GTL – long-term supply agreements are in place for gas feedstock, utilities, land lease and catalyst until 2031.
Markets
• GTL diesel is sold as blend stock for middle distillate product streams derived from conventional oil refining to produce
on-specification automotive diesel and is primarily sold to customers Europe.
• GTL naphtha is sold to naphtha crackers that produce olefins such as ethylene.
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Chemicals Business
3 Chemicals Business
Overview
Our Chemicals Business has a strong diversified, global presence Chemicals Chemicals Chemicals
that is organised into three customer-focused regional operating Africa America Eurasia
segments – Africa, America and Eurasia – supporting four divisions
comprising Advanced Materials, Base Chemicals, Essential Care
Chemicals and Performance Solutions.
Our global presence, integrated value chains and strengthened market positions provide the foundation for future growth
with a specialty solutions focus where we see more attractive long-term returns going forward. We already have a number
of differentiated market positions in specialty and other attractive growth areas, including our high purity aluminas, and
the broadest portfolio of integrated alcohols and surfactants in the world for use in cleaning, personal care, cosmetics
and pharmaceutical applications. Our global capabilities have been significantly enhanced through the additional alcohols,
aluminas and ethoxylates capacity of the LCCP, which leaves Sasol well placed to benefit from long-term demand trends
in chemistries that are our core competencies. Likewise, we retain our exposure to commodity chemicals and associated
economic cycles with our LCCP JV and other Base Chemical assets.
Going forward our focus is to continue transforming our portfolio to accelerate high-value growth by extending
our market-leading positions while innovating with customers and partners to identify and implement sustainable
and circular solutions. We remain focused on maximising our competitiveness and the value of the assets in each of
our regions with the Sasol 2.0 transformation programme.
Enabling Future Sasol
Repositioned to advance specialty chemicals growth
FUTURE SASOL
• Leading positions in Essential Care
Chemicals and Advanced Materials
• Expanded base of world-class
√ Strengthened market positions • Transformed portfolio toward
specialty chemicals assets with
specialty chemicals
backward integration √ G
eographic diversifications
• Integrated value chains for high
• Partnership for polyethylene √ Full value chain integration
returns
assets in LCCP JV to participate in √ A
ccelerated pivot to specialty • Chemistry innovations in
commodity cycle recovery chemicals sustainability and circular
• Well invested assets positioned Synergistic partnership
√ solutions
for future growth
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Chemicals Business (continued)
Primary feedstock Regional Operations Manufacturing sites
Africa
• South Africa:
Secunda, Sasolburg
Coal and gas
from Energy
Operations
Americas
• United States:
Ethane, Louisiana, Texas,
kerosene and Arizona, Pennsylvania
aluminium
Eurasia
• Germany:
Brunsbüttel, Hamburg,
Marl
• Italy:
Augusta, Terranova,
Sarroch
Ethylene,
kerosene, • China:
wax and Nanjing
aluminium • Others:
Slovakia, Austria and
the United Kingdom
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Chemicals Business (continued)
Product grouping: previous vs new operating model
The product grouping have been reclassified from the previous Base and Performance Chemicals to Advanced Materials,
Base Chemicals, Essential Care Chemicals and Performance Solutions markets as follows:
Previous operating model New operating model
Base Chemicals • Polymers Advanced • Advanced
• Solvents Materials Materials
• Fertilisers
• Explosives
• PASG 1
Chemicals
Africa Base Chemicals • Polymers
• Fertilisers
• Explosives
• PASG 1
• MEG 2
Chemicals
America
Performance • Organics Essential Care • Organics
Chemicals • Waxes Chemicals (excl. MEG2,
• Advanced Materials Chemicals Comonomers
Eurasia and Specialties)
Performance • Solvents
Solutions • Waxes
• Comonomers
• Specialties
1. Phenolics, Ammonia and Specialty gasses; 2. Mono-ethylene glycol
Chemicals Business divisions
Advanced Materials: includes specialty aluminas, carbon and cobalt catalyst. With more than 400 tailor-made specifications,
our aluminas are used in a broad range of applications such as high-performance abrasives, performance additives, lighting,
bioceramic materials for medical prosthetics, and as catalyst carriers for the automotive, refining and chemical industries.
Our carbon-based products are used in battery materials and energy storage applications and our cobalt catalyst is used in
gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities.
Base Chemicals: we leverage our advantaged feedstocks to market a broad portfolio of commodity chemicals globally while
delivering on life’s everyday needs. These commodity chemicals include, inter alia, monomers, polymers, nitrates, phenolics,
ammonia, mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) and methanol that feature in end-uses such as agriculture, textiles and piping.
Essential Care Chemicals: we offer the broadest portfolio of integrated alcohols and surfactants in the world for use in
cleaning (homecare and industrial and institutional), personal care, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications. Our diverse
portfolio enables us to offer natural as well as palm-free alcohols, with our focus expanding to renewable and lower-carbon options.
Performance Solutions: our broad portfolio of solvents, waxes, comonomers and specialty chemicals complements our
diverse alcohols and surfactants and allows us to deliver industrial and differentiated solutions to our customers in various
applications either as main ingredient, building block or performance additive across many industries including but not
restricted to metal working fluids and lubrication, inks, paints, coatings and adhesives (including for packaging), agriculture,
and flavours and fragrances.
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Chemicals Business (continued)
Advanced Materials Base Chemicals Essential Care Chemicals Performance Solutions
• Aluminas • Olefins • Ammonia, • LAB 1 • Specialties 2
• Catalysts • Polymers Specialty • Paraffins • Waxes
• Carbon • MEG 3 gases • Alcohols • Solvents
• Explosives • Phenolics • Surfactants • Comonomers (Hexene,
• Nitrates • Methanol • Ethylene oxide Octene, Pentene)
• Fertilisers
Automotive catalysts Agricultural film Domestic washing liquids Metal workings and lubricants
Drivers of revenue
Advanced Materials, Essential Care Chemicals and Base Chemicals and Performance Solutions:
Performance Solutions: • Sales volumes are largely driven by production
• Supply and demand dynamics influenced by global availability including production rates achieved and
megatrends such as urbanisation, digitalisation, shutdowns experienced
mobility and growing population • Supply and demand dynamics driven by the
• Demand for this basket of products is driven by macroeconomic environment, geopolitics, new
dynamics of the specific chemical markets and tends to production capacities and movements in crude oil
follow GDP growth rates (or multiple thereof) pricing
• Pricing is linked to international chemical prices. • Pricing for specific products within Base Chemicals
However, due to the specialised nature of the products, and Solvents within Performance Solutions track
markets tend to be niche and prices cannot easily be international chemical prices as reflected by
indexed to commonly available chemical price indices independent benchmarks
• Foreign exchange rates, especially the Rand vs the • Foreign exchange rates, especially the Rand vs the
US Dollar and Euro US Dollar and Euro
Specific sensitivities:
• Palm kernel oil/Brent • Aluminium price • Brent crude oil price • Unites States ethane/ethylene and
crude oil factor (LME) ⁴ • United States ethylene price ethylene derivative margin
• Ethane/naphtha • North East Asia propylene • Ammonia/urea differential
differential price • International PE, PP and PVC prices 5
• International solvent prices
1. Linear alkyl benzene; 2. Specialties include special alcohols such as Guerbet, Plasticiers and certain Paraffins; 3. Mono-ethylene glycol; 4. London Metal Exchange;
5. Polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride.
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Chemical Business (continued)
Chemicals Africa
Overview
• Chemicals Africa produces and markets a wide variety of commodity and specialty chemicals linked to Sasol’s unique
Fisher-Tropsch (FT) technology
• Sasol is the largest chemical producer in South Africa
• Main manufacturing facilities are located in Secunda and Sasolburg, South Africa
• The manufacturing facilities are operated by Sasol Energy Operations on behalf of Chemicals Africa
Product placement
Division Product group Product detail Product placement
Advanced Advanced Cobalt Catalyst, Carbon Largely exported into international markets for
Materials Materials external sales
Base Chemicals Polymers Olefins, Polyethylene, With the exception of polypropylene which is largely
Polypropylene, PVC, exported, all other products are sold in South Africa
Chlor-Alkali Chemicals and partly exported
Fertiliser and Fertiliser and Explosives Fertilisers are mainly sold in South Africa. Explosives
Explosives intermediate products are sold to our partner, Enaex,
who converts to final products for supply to the
Sub-Sahara African mining industry
Other Phenolics, Ammonia, With the exception of phenolics which is mostly
Speciality gases, exported into international markets for external sales
Methanol and/or internal use at our US Phenolic sites, all other
products are sold in South Africa
Essential Care Essential Care C6+ Alcohol Largely exported into international markets for
Chemicals Chemicals external sales or internal use in surfactant facilities
across the globe
Performance Solvents Ketones, Acetates, Largely exported into international markets for
Solutions Alcohols, Acrylates external sales
Wax FT-based wax and Primarily exported into international markets for
paraffin wax external sales or internal use in our German wax site
Other Comonomers (C5 – C8 Largely exported into international markets for
Alpha Olefins) external sales
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Chemical business (continued)
Main cost drivers
Unless otherwise stated below, feedstocks and conversion costs as detailed below are provided by Energy Operations.
A breakdown of cash costs has also been included below and is indicative of approximate ranges based on the FY20
information. The cost for both feedstocks and cash fixed costs is influenced by market prices and/or cost inflation, varying
per site or operational set-up and mitigated by Integrated Multiple Asset Sites (IMAS) in Secunda and Sasolburg.
Main feedstock to operations Cash cost % breakdown
• Coal • Feedstock and conversion costs (55% – 60%)
• Natural gas • Labour (15 – 20%)
• C2 rich gas (ethylene and ethane) and small amounts of • Maintenance (6% – 8%)
propane • Utilities (4% – 6%)
• Propylene-containing condensates • Other (comprising cost of belonging, legal, facilities etc)
• Ammonia (10% – 15%)
• Solvents products: Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process oil and
water stream
• Nitrates: ammonia, nitrogen, potassium, phosphates
• Wax products: synthetic waxes derived from natural gas
through the FT process
• Phenolics: by-product of coal gasification
• Advanced Materials: various metal for catalyst
production (purchased externally)
Chemicals America
Overview
• Chemicals America produces and markets a wide variety of commodity and specialty chemicals
• Manufacturing operations are located in a number of locations in United States. The most significant is located at
Lake Charles, Louisiana
• Phenolics operations are based at Oil City, Pennsylvania, Houston and Winnie, Texas
• An Advanced Materials facility is located in Tucson, Arizona
• In early December 2020, the divestment of 50% of Sasol’s commodity chemicals units at our Lake Charles facility to
our partner, LyondellBasell (LYB) was completed and Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene (LIP) joint venture (JV) formed.
Under the terms of the transaction agreements, LyondellBasell will operate the JV assets on behalf of the JV and market
the polyethylene products on behalf of the two shareholders
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Chemical Business (continued)
Product placement
Division Product group Product detail Product placement
Advanced Advanced Alumina Mostly sold in North America with sales in other global
Materials Materials regions including Europe and Asia
Base Chemicals Polymers Ethylene and Co-Products, Ethylene is either consumed internally for derivatives or
Polyethylene sold to external customers in the US merchant market.
Polyethylene is marketed on behalf of Sasol by LYB.
Other Phenolics, MEG Phenolics is largely exported into international markets
for external sales. MEG is marketed and distributed on
behalf of Sasol by a third party
Essential Care Essential Care Surfactants, Ethylene With the exception of EO, which is largely used for
Chemicals Chemicals Oxide (EO), C6+ Alcohols, internal use in MEG and surfactant production,
LAB, Paraffin and Olefins the majority of product is sold to external customers
in the Americas and Asia
Performance Other Comonomers (C5 – C8 Largely sold in North America with some sales in other
Solutions Alpha Olefins), Specialties global regions including Europe and Asia
Main cost drivers
Unless otherwise stated below, feedstocks as detailed below are purchased externally. A breakdown of cash costs has also
been included below and is indicative of approximate ranges based on the FY20 information. The cost for both feedstocks
and cash fixed costs is influenced by market prices and/or cost inflation, varying per site or operational set-up and
mitigated by Integrated Multiple Asset Sites (IMAS) especially in Lake Charles.
Main feedstock to operations Cash cost % breakdown
• Ethane • Feedstock and conversion costs (60% – 70%)
• Kerosene • Labour (15% – 20%)
• Benzene • Maintenance (4% – 8%)
• Aluminium • Other (comprising cost of belonging, legal, facilities,
• Mixed phenolics derived from coal gasification process in utilities etc) (10% – 15%)
Secunda and Sasolburg (transferred from Chemicals Africa)
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Chemical business (continued)
Chemicals Eurasia
Overview
• Chemicals Eurasia produces and markets a wide variety of specialty chemicals globally
• Main operations are based at Nanjing, China, locations in Germany – at Brunsbüttel, Marl and Hamburg – and locations
in Italy – mainly at Augusta, Sarroch and Terranova
• Smaller sites are also operated in Slovakia, Austria and the United Kingdom
Product placement
Division Product group Product detail Product placement
Advanced Advanced Largely sold in Europe with some sales in other global
Alumina
Materials Materials regions including Americas and Asia
Surfactants, EO, C6+
Essential Care Essential Care Largely sold in Europe and Asia with some sales in
Alcohols, LAB, Paraffin
Chemicals Chemicals Americas
and Olefins
Largely sold in Europe and Asia with some sales in
Solvents Glycol Ethers
other global regions including Africa and America
Performance Paraffin Wax and Largely sold in Europe with some sales in other global
Wax
Solutions Wax Emulsions regions including Asia, Americas and Africa
Largely sold in Europe with some sales in other global
Other Specialties
regions including Americas and Asia
Main cost drivers
Unless otherwise stated below, feedstocks as detailed below are purchased externally. A breakdown of cash costs has also
been included below and is indicative of approximate ranges based on the FY20 information. The cost for both feedstocks
and cash fixed costs is influenced by market prices and/or cost inflation, varying per site or operational set-up and
mitigated by Integrated Multiple Asset Sites (IMAS) especially in Brunsbüttel, Marl and Augusta.
Main feedstock to operations Cash cost % breakdown
• Ethylene • Feedstock and conversion costs (70% – 80%)
• Kerosene, benzene, n-paraffins and n-olefins • Labour (12% – 15%)
• Crude oil derived paraffin waxes (external and from • Maintenance (2% – 4%)
Chemicals Africa) • Other (comprising cost of belonging, legal, facilities,
• Oleochemicals utilities etc) (5% – 10%)
• Aluminium
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Abbreviations
bbl – barrels LPG – Liquid Petroleum Gas
BFP – Basic Fuel Price LYB – LyondellBasell
Bscf – Billion standard cubic feet MEG – Mono-ethylene glycol
CPF – Central Processing Facility m bbl – thousand barrels
CTL – coal-to-liquids mm bbl – million barrels
CTRG – Central Termica de Ressano Garcia MRG – methane rich gas
DMRE – Department of Mineral Resources and Energy mt – million tons
Dollar – Lawful currency of the United States MW/h – Megawatt per hour
EO – Ethylene oxide Natref – National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa
FOB – Free on Board NERSA – National Energy Regulator of South Africa
FT – Fischer-Tropsch Rand – Lawful currency of South Africa
GDP – Gross Domestic Product ROMPCO – Republic Of Mozambique Pipeline Company
GTL – gas-to-liquids PASG – Phenolics, Ammonia and Specialty gasses
IMAS – Integrated Multiple Asset Sites PE – Polyethylene
JV – Joint Venture PPA – Petroleum Production Agreement
LAB – Linear alkyl benzene PP – Polypropylene
LCCP – Lake Charles Chemicals Project PVC – Polyvinyl chloride
LIP – Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene PSA – Production Sharing Agreement
LME – London Metal Exchange
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Disclaimers
Forward-looking statements
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are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements may also relate to our future
prospects, expectations, developments and business strategies. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
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return, executing our growth projects (including LCCP), oil and gas reserves, cost reductions, our climate change strategy and business
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more fully in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed on 24 August 2020 and in other filings with the United States Securities
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