Tata Sasol, a 50:50 JV between Tata Steel and South Africa based Sasol, has
been allocated coal block in Angul region of Orissa to meet the requirement of
coal for its proposed coal-to-liquid (CTL) project.
The estimated reserve of the block is one billion tonne and the $10 billion
(approx Rs 44,000 crore) project will take time in implementation. The CTL plant
is to first produce gas from coal and then oil from the gas. The coal
requirement is estimated at 30 million tpa and the production of oil at four
million tonne.
Also See:
Tata-Sasol JV plan CTL project in Orissa (19-Jan-10)
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