With vast stores still remaining around the globe, it will be hard to wean ourselves off coal. South Africa's Sasol is rapidly expanding its coal-to-liquids (CTL) project portfolio. Sasol opened a project office in the US in 2001, in China last year, and will soon open an office in Mumbai, India. Currently the only major CTL plant in the world is Sasol's operation at Secunda in Mpumalanga, South Africa, which produces 150,000 barrels of fuels a day.
[Source: Cape Times, 24 January 2007]
