In early July 2020, Sasol Ltd reportedly finalized the sale of its 10% stake in the Escravos GTL (EGTL) plant to operator Chevron Corp, part of a larger divestment program. The effective date of the deal is understood to be 1 September 2019. The resulting ownership of the project, located about 100 km southeast of Lagos, is therefore Chevron with 85% operated interest and Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) with 15%. Industry sources explained that "Sasol will continue to support Chevron in the performance of the EGTL plant through ongoing catalyst supply, technology and technical support".  The USD 9.5 billion Escravos gas-to-liquids plant was brought onstream in June 2014. Although the plant was designed to convert up to 325 MMscf/d of natural gas into 33,000 bbl of liquids (synthetic diesel), the annual production in 2019 was less than 102 MMscf/d. In an effort to improve this production rate, Chevron has intensified its infill drilling and field development in the past years in the vicinity of Escravos, in fields like Sonam, Okan, Gbokoda or Dibi.
Nigeria (Niger Delta), In early July 2020, Sasol Ltd reportedly finalized the sale of its 10% stake in the Escravos GTL (EGTL) plant to operator Chevron Corp, part of a larger divestment program. 