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Progress is being made at the site of Shell’s former Convent refinery where the oil and gas company plans to build a $1.48 billion (€1.48 billion) low-carbon fuels facility. The project’s first phase will include a renewable fuels unit that would produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from plant oils, animal fats and used cooking oils. The company said it is close to…
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Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has developed a provisional national quality standard for marine biofuels. The port has also been developing a framework laying down conditions for biofuel supply for licensed bunker fuel suppliers. Singapore has supplied approximately 70,000 tonnes of biofuel across more than 40 biofuel bunkering operations using existing bunker tankers. This…
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Testing, inspection and certification firm Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched a detailed outlook on future maritime fuels in a new white paper, which calls for a “well-to-wake” (WtW) approach to assessing the climate impact and sustainability of alternative fuels. This is one of the key conclusions of the white paper, which evaluates alternative fuels such as biofuels, hydrogen and ammonia,…
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Virgin Atlantic is joining its expanded joint venture partners, Delta, Air France and KLM by offering a sustainable aviation fuel programme (SAF) for its corporate customers. The move represents a first for any airline joint venture and underpins a continued focus on sustainability across the four airlines. The scheme has been specifically designed with the airline’s corporate customers in…
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Kevin Lucke, president of Chevron Renewable Energy Group, answers questions from Biofuels International following Chevron’s acquisition of biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group On June 13 Chevron Corp completed its previously announced acquisition of biofuel producer Renewable Energy Group Inc (REG). The rebranded business segment, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, will continue to be…
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Carbon America, the first vertically integrated carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) super developer, has reached an agreement with Bridgeport Ethanol to develop a carbon capture and storage project in Nebraska. The project will capture and store approximately 175,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per year, equivalent to 95% of total emissions from the ethanol facility’s fermentation…
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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…
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Germany exported around 1.3 million tonnes of biodiesel in the first half year of this year, according to figures published by the German Federal Statistical Office. Imports to the country amounted to a total of 755,539 tonnes. The Netherlands, the principal EU marketplace for biodiesel, continued to be the primary trading partner, accounting for 40% and 48% of total exports and imports…
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Korean Air has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with major oil and gas firm Shell to buy their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The MoU will concentrate on the supply and purchase of SAF from Shell at the main airports in the Asia Pacific region as well as the Middle East for five years starting in 2026. SAF is non-conventional aviation fuel derived from alternative raw…
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Renewable fuels firm Raven SR and Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to integrate their respective technologies into an advanced system for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel. The resulting production platform will include Raven SR's patented Steam/CO2 Reformer process and EFT's patented Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and Maxx…
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Neste’s board of directors has approved a merger plan where the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Neste Engineering Solutions will be merged into Neste Corporation. The merger took place on 30 September and it will only affect the Finnish operations. The entire personnel, approximately 750 professionals, will transfer to Neste Corporation. Contractual rights and obligations of Neste…
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Clariant reached another milestone at its new sunliquid plant in Podari, Romania. This was achieved by sending the first train with cellulosic ethanol produced in the Romania town to its customer. Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, produced the first commercial cellulosic ethanol at its new plant earilier in the summer. The entire offtake was…
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Cebu Pacific operated a Singapore to Manila passenger flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) - becoming the first Philippine carrier to incorporate the fuel in its commercial operations. The Philippine carrier’s maiden SAF flight was operated with an Airbus A321neo, using 35% blended SAF produced by Neste and supplied by Shell Eastern Petroleum. “SAF will help the aviation…
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