Sasol Oil is also committed to developing and empowering its  people through skills training and leadership development. sasol oil Turning our performance around  Enhancing compliance Boosting profi ts Improving safety Upgrading Natref  40 In 2010, we continued to upgrade Natref  and improve its stability. We invested in  revamping the existing diesel unifi ner,  which was completed in April and has  already increased its throughput. We also  We refined our plans to reduce the  company’s environmental footprint.  We already benchmark our performance  by reporting monthly on CO$_{2}$ emission  data, energy usage, total energy  consumption and atmospheric emissions.  A rigorous programme to avoid  contamination at facilities is also in place. In addition to Sasol Synfuels’ liquid fuel  production and Sasol’s share of Natref’s  output, Sasol Oil imported some  1,12 million Mm$^{3}$ of liquid fuel. This  helped us to continue supplying around a  third of South Africa’s total requirement.  We increased the volume of fuel  components purchased from Sasol  Synfuels by 9,5% to 5,52 million Mm$^{3}$ as  the operating reliability of the selective  catalytic cracker improved. Natref had a  difficult year. Unplanned shutdowns and  an extension to the scheduled shutdown  resulted in Sasol’s share of crude  throughput decreasing by 4,3% to  3,34 million Mm$^{3}$. Despite this, the  refinery achieved an improvement in its  white product yield to 89,7% from 88,3%. the economy started to recover. Our gross  margin increased 69% to R3 884 million.  We reduced cash fixed costs by 3%.  Sasol Oil posted an operating profi t of  R1 364 million from an operating loss  of R351 million in 2009. Sasol Oil markets fuels blended at Secunda and refined through its 63,6%  share in Natref oil refinery at Sasolburg. Products include petrol, diesel, jet  fuel, illuminating paraffi n, liquefied petroleum gas, fuel oils, bitumen and  lubricants. It imports fuels to balance its product slate and meet contractual  commitments. Sasol Oil operates 418 Sasol- and Exel $^{®}$-branded retail  convenience centres in South Africa and exports fuels to Southern Africa. of a behaviour-based safety programme.  Consequence management, as well as  rewarding safety improvements, has also  been integral to this improved result.  The critical work of ongoing education  and compliance training remains a priority. At Sasol Oil, we have worked to embed  a culture of compliance and have put  a number of structures in place to improve  our performance in this regard. Additional information about competition  law matters can be found in the  consolidated annual fi nancial statements,  under note 57.4 – Litigation. Stronger petroleum product prices and  improved marketing margins, along with  higher sales volumes and reduced costs,  helped Sasol Oil produce satisfactory  financial results for 2010. This was despite  the strength of the rand, which had a  dampening effect on the local value of  largely dollar-denominated fuel prices.  Turnover decreased 6% to R48 411 million  as a result of lower crude and product  prices. Sales volumes rose 7% to  10,55 million cubic metres (Mm$^{3}$) as  Sasol Oil is pleased to report its best  safety performance in four years.  In 2010, our RCR improved to 0,53  (0,40 excluding Natref) down from  1,11 in 2009. We are encouraged  by the downward trend and attribute  this to a number of factors. These include  leadership and the formal introduction  In line with Sasol’s imperative to nurture  and grow its existing asset base, we  continued to invest in maintaining and  upgrading our joint-venture Natref crude  oil refinery, and in expanding our storage  tank capacity at the Alrode depot in the  country’s economic heartland of Gauteng. Sasol Oil made good progress in the year.  We improved our safety performance,  enhanced our legal compliance structures,  increased production and sales volumes  and turned around our fi nancial position.  We continued to focus on health and  environmental matters. We also made  headway in our efforts to advance  employee diversity and facilitate black  economic empowerment in pursuit of the  group’s strategic goals of delivering on the  South African transformation agenda and  developing our people.