Sinopec receives certification for SAF production

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery obtained a bio-jet fuel airworthiness certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
The first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be shipped shortly to the Airbus (China) Tianjin plant.
The fuel, derived from used cooking oil, will then be used for flights across China. This will mark the first time that large-scale produced SAF will serve the aviation industry in China.
The airworthiness certificate means that Sinopec can sell SAF produced at Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery to aviation operators nationwide.
The refinery, in the Zhenhai district of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, has an annual designed processing capacity of 100,000 tons and adopts Sinopec's bio-jet fuel production technology (SRJET) to produce the fuel.
"With the airworthiness certificate, Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery can now sell bio-jet fuel to the entire civil aviation market, we will continue to expand the market and supply chain to build a full industry chain of bio-jet fuel," said Mo Dingge, CEO of Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery.
China has strict standards for airworthiness certification.
The refinery has already obtained Asia's first global RSB sustainable aviation fuel certification issued by Scientific Certification Systems, a key pass for China's bio-jet fuel to enter the international market.