SASOL’S INNOVATIVE USE OF SIMULATION MODELS DECLARED EDELMAN FINALIST

A groundbreaking Sasol Technology innovation, which has led to over $230 million added value to Sasol over the past 10 years, has been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious annual Edelman Awards for the practice of Operations Research. Sasol's use of stochastic simulation models will be pitted against five other international Edelman finalists for the 2010 award.

The simulation models are able to reflect production variability over time, better than the standard average-based techniques, which are currently available. The models are used to build business cases for gas and liquid production facility changes, to highlight risks and to assist strategic decision making.

Sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®), the purpose of the Edelman competition is to showcase, recognise and reward outstanding examples of Management Science and Operations Research practice in the world.

Sasol has also been nominated for the INFORMS® prize which is awarded annually to the company that makes the most effective use of Operations Research across their business.

The winners of both awards will be announced at a Gala event on 19 April in Orlando, Florida.

Source and further information, see www.sasol.com, 2010/01/20

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