South Africa's 'Game Changer' Karoo Shale Gas Prospects Face Environmental Interrogation

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--February 4, 2011--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In 2010, synfuel and chemical major Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL) (Johannesburg, South Africa) said that the discovery of major shale-gas reserves could be a "game changer" for the South African energy market. Although the country does not have an extensive gas pipeline infrastructure, it does have a well-developed national electricity grid, which could take power from gas-fed, combined-cycle power stations.