In 2008, the South African company Sasol, one of the biggest corporate carbon emitters in the world, applied to the UNFCCC for the right to produce and sell carbon credits. The company claimed that it needed a new source of fuel and had the option of choosing between opening a new coalmine and building a pipeline to the gas fields of Pande and Temane in Inhambane, Mozambique. However, Sasol had been considering building a profitable pipeline since 1998, well before the option of selling carbon credits was even on the table. Environmental organizations protested against this decision on the basis that the company had already planned to make this investment. According to SASOL the natural gas pipeline CDM project was terminated in 2010 based on diminishing returns brought about by increasing methodology requirements and concerns pertaining to our intellectual property.

In 2004, SASOL bought the rights from Enron to explore gas in Pande-Temane. The project includes a pipeline which runs from the gas fields in Pande-Temane to its Secunda plant in South Africa. This is a billion dollar project, supported by the Mozambican government, investors, and the South African state. SASOL pays taxes primarily through granting the Mozambican state 5% of the gas produced, as well by setting up socially responsible projects. The gas fields currently produce 147 million gigajoules of natural gas a year--well above the estimated 120 million. Only 3 million gigajoules are consumed by Mozambique. This goes primarily to large industries such as Mozal and Cimentos de Mocambique, as well to run a very small number of public buses (some reports estimate as little as 20 buses). The transportation of natural gas to local industries is operated by Matola Gas Company (MGC). This project has created around 700 jobs. Estimated emission reductions hovered around 6,4 Mt of CO2 --worth to R 1.1#billion a year.