Mozambique - Southern Africa Regional Gas Project : environmental assessment (Vol. 1 of 5) : Consolidated executive summary and update

NwATuURjKA;L GA5J PRoJ-)ECT CONSOLIDATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND UPDATE E784 July 2003 Volume 1 | ZIMBABWE - | > Tuneans/Pande' I BOTSWAIA. ' MO4ZWIQUE / 1 I / -/s rIge~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ILIL ' ii- - - I AIS' ARIA #.A j .>- I hiddLebuig a-,I Pretorta I rohannebur - Mmo11to | Secunda swf^ZgUSWAZILAND_ Preparedfor and on behalf of Sasol by: Lead Author: Common Ground Lead Author: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PO Box 1828 Karoline Johnson - Karabos Media pe Boxn 8000 Tel: +27-21-7891845 cape on60 Tei: +27-21-7891845 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tel: +27-21-42450502 Email: karabos(ar)telkomsa.net Fax: +27-214242495 Email: info6.ic)o,,,monground. eo. za Q commonground 1LWL \YJk/Lj 0 !  Natural Gas Project Consolidated Executive Summary and Update Explanatory Note on this Document This document is submitted to the World Bank for purposes of meeting the financing requirements in accordance with the Safeguard Recommendations issued to Sasol by the World Bank in December 2002. Drafts of this document have been submitted to the World Bank and other stakeholders for inputs and comments prior to the finalisation of the documents, and comments have been noted, heeded or otherwise attended to. This document is submitted as a final version for clearance by the Word Bank (AFTES), with submission to the World Bank Board for purposes of financing approval and disclosure at the Infoshop in Washington. The document will also be disclosed and made publicly available by Sasol in South Africa and Mozambique as required and explained herein in. The document reflects the status of the NGP as at the end of June 2003. Reference made to Sasol as part owner and operator on the NGP (unless otherwise particularly stated or unless the context or usage in this document or any other document cross-referenced or summarised herein would indicate otherwise, in which case reference to Sasol in its context may refer to a particular business unit within the Sasol Group of Companies) herein refers to: . Sasol Gas Holdings (Pty) Limited, the Guarantee Holder as defined in the Contract of Guarantee entered into with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency on or about 20 December 2002 under No: 0384-01-01; and . The Republic of Mozambique Pipeline Investments Company (Pty) Limited (ROMPCO) as the borrower under the Contracts of Guarantee to be entered into for non- shareholder loans and the long term financing agreements already concluded and those yet to be concluded as far as the pipeline portion of the Sasol Natural Gas Project (NGP) is concerned; and . Sasol Petroleum International (Pty) Limited (SPI) as the Guarantee Holder defined in the Contract of Guarantee entered into with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency on or about 20 December2002 under No: 0384-01-02; and * Sasol Temane Limitada (SPT) as the borrower under the Contracts of Guarantee to be entered into for non- shareholder loans and the long term financing agreements already concluded and those yet to be concluded as far as the Upstream Portion of the NGP is concerned. The Upstream Portion of the NGP means the finance, development, exploitation, operation and maintenance of the natural gas fields at the Pande and Temane gas fields in Mozambique and the finance, design, construction, operation and maintenance of a central processing facility in Mozambique, to the extent undertaken by SPT. The Pipeline Portion of the NGP refers to the design, development, financing, construction, ownership, testing, commissioning, operation and maintenancc of the natural gas transmission pipeline, undertaken by ROMPCO. To the extent that other parties are referred to herein, the following should be noted: * such references form part of observations only; . when recommendations are made to, involving, or implicating such parties, such references should not be construed to be binding on, or to form an obligation or potential obligation made by Sasol on behalf of the party concerned. Sasol Company structures involved in the Natural Gas Project are illustrated below: ( SIC 7 [ S~~~asol Ga odm Sasol Synfucls Sasol Mninmg)(Sao heia l (