sasol technology Delivering on Sasol’s  strategic agenda into developing a similar facility in India.  In South Africa, we are working on  gasification trials to test the quality of the  coal sample mined close to the proposed  site of the potential Project Mafutha  project in Limpopo Province. in assessing the feasibility of various  opportunities while working to  continuously hone our technology  offering, making our processes more  efficient and competitive. Sasol Technology’s vision is to be  recognised for consistent excellence in  innovation and for the delivery of cleaner  technologies to enable Sasol’s growth  and sustainability. In 2010, we made  good progress in our efforts to reinforce  Sasol’s foundation and better position  the group to meet its ambitious  growth targets. The development of the US shale gas  industry in recent years has improved the  commercialisation of Sasol’s proprietary  Slurry Phase Distillate™ gas-to-liquids  (GTL) technology. The success of the  group’s Oryx GTL joint venture in Qatar  underpins our international prospects.  Further technology enhancements  contributed signifi cantly towards  improving the performance of Oryx GTL  in the second half of the year. Sasol and  its partners are now carrying out studies  to further enhance Oryx GTL’s  performance and increase its capacity.  Our experience in Qatar will be applied  to other GTL facilities, including Escravos  GTL (EGTL) in Nigeria and a possible  venture in Uzbekistan. As part of our CTL objectives, we worked  to refine our expertise in fi xed-bed,  dry-bottom (Sasol ®  FBDB™) gasifi cation  techniques. A highlight in 2010 was the  signing of a partnership agreement with  Linde and Hatch Energy Africa. This  arrangement creates more capacity by  leveraging external resources and  expedites our efforts to enhance our  gasification technology. It will also assist  us in further supporting the stability of  the Sasol Synfuels plant at Secunda.  Sasol Technology remains steadfast in its  goal to reduce the group’s environmental  footprint. We are developing ways to  improve the efficiency of our processes,  and are working closely with Sasol New  Energy to identify opportunities for  low-carbon and renewable energy to  power our facilities. We plan to invest  considerable effort in further developing  photovoltaic and concentrated solar  power technologies, as well as in improved  ways to capture carbon dioxide (CO$_{2}$) and  divert it to productive use or underground  storage. Further detail can be found in  Sasol New Energy’s report on page 67. We are working on a number of projects  for Sasol’s chemicals businesses. In 2010,  we managed the completion of the  project to build and rapidly ramp-up to  capacity a second methyl iso-butyl  ketone (MiBK) plant for Sasol Solvents in  Sasolburg. We are also project managing  Sasol Wax’s expansion (see page 59 for  details), Sasol Polymers’ ethylene  purification expansion and the parallel  utilities enlargement in Sasolburg.  An important goal in this regard is to  ensure the Sasolburg site complies with  water quality requirements, contributing  to its sustainability. Sasol Technology’s Fischer-Tropsch design  reactor and catalyst-testing reactor pilot  plants are key to our efforts to develop  new, more efficient GTL and CTL  operations. These Sasolburg facilities,  which became fully operational in 2010,  are already making major contributions to  improving catalyst performance and  reactor and process intensifi cation. We experienced challenges in  maintaining our safety record,  specifically in respect of our service  providers. Our RCR rose to 0,65 from  0,44 in 2009. We are working hard to  improve this performance by adopting  a more disciplined approach to safety  as well as by positioning safety more  prominently in our contractual  agreements with our service providers. As outlined by Sasol Synfuels International  (SSI) on page 44, we also continue to  enhance Sasol’s proprietary CTL  technology and recently completed the  feasibility study for a CTL complex in  China, which demonstrates signifi cant  efficiency improvements. We are also  assisting SSI with the pre-feasibility study  Managing the many projects undertaken  by Sasol across the globe is one of Sasol  Technology’s key areas of accountability.  In the year, we made good progress in  Sasol Technology plays a pivotal role  in the group’s growth agenda. We assist  Managing projects across  the globe Preparing for growth 64 Sasol Technology’s Fischer-Tropsch design reactor and  catalyst-testing reactor pilot plants are key to our efforts  to develop new, more efficient GTL and CTL operations.