JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sasol and the Central Energy Fund (CEF) are considering the feasibility of constructing a 100 kilotonnes per annum soya bean-based biodiesel plant in partnership with an empowerment consortium group. The two parties today signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a feasibility study to test the viability of such a venture before an investment is made. The feasibility study will also look at production facility location options. It should be completed by the end of this year. A pre-feasibility study conducted over the last few years by Sasol in close cooperation with the CEF indicated potential for commercial-scale production of this renewable energy source if supported by appropriate fiscal incentives. This environmental initiative is in line with Sasol's value of continuous improvement. "Sasol recognises the importance of renewable energy as part of our sustainability and we support government's commitment to diversify the energy mix in South Africa. International experience has shown that many socio- economic benefits accrue from biofuel production, including job creation, foreign exchange savings, and strengthening of the rural agricultural economy," says Sasol Nitro managing director Bernard Klingenberg. "We are confident that a large-scale, commercial biodiesel facility will create an excellent opportunity for meaningful incorporation of emerging farmers into the supply chain. It will also give impetus to government's White Paper on the Promotion of Renewable Energy," says Manny Singh, General Manager at the Energy Development Corporation, a division of the CEF (Pty) Ltd. Biodiesel is a renewable diesel blending component that is manufactured from vegetable oil by catalytic reaction with methanol. Annual global production is about three million tonnes, with Western Europe being the leading market. Significant production also occurs in the US and Asia. Biodiesel can be blended readily with conventional fossil diesel without any need for vehicle modifications. Biodiesel contains little sulphur and is clean-burning. It is an environmentally benign fuel that does not contribute to global climate change and reduces most tailpipe emissions, such as carbon monoxide, particulates and aromatic compounds. The proposed biodiesel plant will require more than 500 kilotonnes of soya beans to produce 100 kilotonnes of biodiesel per annum. The Sasol Investor Relations team Tel.: +27 11 441 3113/3563/3321 Fax: +27 11 522 1184 Sasol may, in this document, make statements that are not historical facts and relate to analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These are forward- looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "seek", "will", "plan", "could", "may", "endeavour" and "project" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and there are risks that predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. If one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may be very different from those anticipated. The factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements are discussed more fully in our registration statement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 20-F filed on October 29, 2004 and in other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements apply only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. If you prefer not to receive future emailings, or if this email has reached you in error, please reply to this email or contact Sasol Investor Relations at +27 11 441 3112 DATASOURCE: Sasol CONTACT: The Sasol Investor Relations team, +27 11 441 3113/3563/3321, fax, +27 11 522 1184,

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