Wooden secures vital contract with OMV Petrom for sustainable aviation gas manufacturing in Europe
John Wooden Group PLC (‘Wooden’ or ‘the Firm’) has been awarded a big contract by OMV Petrom for a significant venture to spice up the manufacturing of sustainable gas in Southeast Europe.
Beneath the scope of this venture, the Petrobrazi refinery in Romania will grow to be the primary main manufacturing facility for sustainable aviation gas within the area.
Following profitable supply of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for this essential venture, Wooden will now ship engineering, procurement and building administration (EPCm) to put in a brand new bio-hydrotreater unit and related storage services on the refinery. This venture will allow the manufacturing of sustainable aviation gas (SAF) and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) utilising Honeywell UOP Ecofining™ course of know-how.
SAF ends in considerably decrease CO2 emissions in comparison with conventional fossil kerosene. The Petrobrazi refinery upgrades and its new SAF manufacturing will help the European Fee’s targets to achieve 6% SAF at EU airports by 2030 and 70% by 2050, finally serving to to decarbonise the aviation trade.
Ken Gilmartin, CEO at Wooden mentioned:
This vital contract award builds on our longstanding relationship with OMV Petrom. We’re proud to proceed partnering with them to futureproof their infrastructure and allow the manufacturing of low carbon fuels.
“We’ve got deep information of our purchasers’ belongings by means of many years of confirmed venture supply. This, mixed with our world-class engineering and execution experience, positions Wooden to efficiently full this venture and set up Petrobrazi as the primary main producer of sustainable fuels in Southeast Europe.”
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Wooden secures vital contract with OMV Petrom for sustainable aviation gas manufacturing in Europe, supply
