LAKE CHARLES KPLC: Sasol talk of World Trade Conference
04.19.13
Aaron Brickman from Washington D.C. is the deputy director of SelectUSA within the U.S. Department of Commerce. He said Sasol's plans resonate with many in Washington D.C. and around the country. Brickman said at a conference in Germany last week, they were calling America the new China.AMERICAN PRESS: Sasol expansion project has nation's attention
04.18.13
Southwest Louisiana is on the minds of federal commerce officials in Washington, D.C., because of the billions of dollars in investments that have been announced and followed through on in recent years.AMERICAN PRESS: Sasol purchase an investment in Westlake facility
04.10.13
Sasol has purchased main ethylene compressor trains, a key element of the $21 billion announced investment at its facility in Westlake.Sasol Louisiana Projects News Clippings
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- 12.17.12 | THE ADVOCATE: New facility provides La. new jobs
A plant to convert natural gas to chemicals, diesel and other fuels is good news for the economy of the Lake Charles area and the entire state. It’s also another sign of the enormous potential for energy in “fracking,” the drilling technique that has unlocked new sources of oil and gas, particularly the latter in Louisiana. - 12.12.12 | AMERICAN PRESS: Sasol tetramerization project accounts for 36 jobs
One week after Sasol announced it will invest up to $21 billion in its Westlake facility, officials with the South Africabased company said Tuesday that a separate project —its tetramerization unit — is halfway complete and already accounts for 36 high-paying jobs. - 12.10.12 | AMERICAN PRESS: Westlake, Area Towns Prep for Saosl
The recent announcement of the multibillion-dollar expansion at Sasol has prompted local officials to plan for effects that a population increase could have on Westlake and surrounding cities. - 12.05.12 | AMERICAN PRESS: Sasol crown facility jewel
Monday’s announcement of Sasol’s decision to proceed with development of potentially a $21 billion plant to convert natural gas-to-liquid fuels ranks as one of the biggest economic bonanzas in Southwest Louisiana history. - 12.05.12 | AMERICAN PRESS: Sasol decision, years in the making, will benefit all of Southwest Louisiana
Sasol’s major announcement Monday to spend up to $21 billion in Southwest Louisiana would never have made national headlines without an abundance of regional efforts.
- 12.05.12 | THE ADVOCATE: Sasol project design begins
Sasol, a South African energy giant, plans to spend between $16 billion and $21 billion to build a plant in Calcasieu Parish that will convert natural gas to liquid fuel and house an ethane cracker complex.
- 12.05.12 | ASSOCIATED PRESS: State pledges $135 million incentive package to land natural gas complex
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has pledged a more than $135 million incentive package to South African energy company Sasol Ltd. to build a multibillion-dollar complex in southwest - 12.04.12 | AMERICAN PRESS: Study: Sasol projects will have $46.2B economic impact
A study by LSU’s Division of Economic Development estimated that Sasol’s Westlake projects will create a total economic impact of $46.2 billion over the next 20 years, Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret told theAmerican Press on Monday. - 12.03.12 | KPLC-TV Lake Charles: Officials: Sasol expansion to create 7,000 direct and indirect jobs
Westlake's Sasol is eyeing a multi-billion dollar expansion that will create thousands of jobs, officials said Monday. - 12.03.12 | KATC-TV Lafayette: Largest Manufacturing Investment in La. History Announced
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal and Sasol Ltd. CEO David Constable announced the company plans to invest between $16 billion and $21 billion in an integrated GTL and ethane cracker complex in Westlake that is expected to create 1,253 direct jobs paying an average salary, at full employment, of nearly $88,000, plus benefits, and resulting in an additional 5,886 new, indirect jobs, for a total of more than 7,000 direct and indirect jobs. Sasol also will retain 435 existing direct jobs in Westlake as a result of the project.
