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Article

10 Feb 2005

Author:
James Macharia, Reuters

South Africa's Sasol Defends Safety Record After Gas Leak

Sasol...has been investigating a fire and hyrdofluoric gas leak at its Natref oil refinery near Johannesburg in which 17 people were injured...[In] a series of accidents at its plants since last June...at least 13 people have died...[Sasol's Chief Executive Pieter Cox stated] “Sasol takes responsibility for the accidents at the plants ... it is our obligation that when we bring in contractors we train them.” [also refers to DuPont, Total]