Transitioning SA's Petrochemical Value Chain

The transition risks and opportunities of the Secunda and Sasolburg facilities and their value chains in the timeframe to 2050 are extensively described in this section, which forms the bulk of the ‘content output’ of the project. A PESTEL (or “PESTLE“) knowledge dimension framework – Political, Environment, Social, Techno-economic and Legal – is used to order the analysis. Although each dimension was considered equally important in the study, the level of detail under techno-economic is substantially higher.

As with the rest of the study, in this section the focus is first and foremost on the facilities, with secondary consideration of value chain activities. The approach attends to breadth above depth, attempting to at least flag significant issues from any one perspective. It is acknowledged that each area represents a study in and of itself, and the review of the literature is far from exhaustive. To this end, boxes of additional suggested resources are included throughout this section.

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