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PetroSA's Ikhwezi gas-to-liquid fuel approved

Business Report says PetroSA has been given regulatory approval from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to develop its $1-billion Ikhwezi project that will see South Africa's fuel-from-natural gas supplies increasing sharply.

12 Jul 2012

According to the Business Report report, the gas will be supplied from PetroSA's F-O development off South Africa's southern coast with the drilling of two wells being completed early in 2013 and the first gas production coming on stream in the middle of next year.

Read the full article on www.iol.co.za/business.

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