SATORP, platform collectively owned by Aramco (62.5 p.c) and TotalEnergies (37.5 p.c), has for the primary time within the MENA area efficiently transformed used cooking oil by means of coprocessing into ISCC+ licensed sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF).
Final August, the platform efficiently co-processed used cooking oil within the low-pressure hydrodesulphurization unit (LPHDS), producing SAF, assembly all product high quality parameters inside the SAF specs. TotalEnergies contributed because of its expertise and experience to this realization.
SATORP has obtained Worldwide Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC+) to provide SAF. With this certification, the platform will be capable to reply the anticipated rise in SAF demand within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The sustainable aviation fuels produced from UCO reduces CO2 emissions by at the very least 80 p.c on common over your entire lifecycle, in contrast with their fossil equal.
With this success, TotalEnergies by means of its platform positioned in Jubail retains growing its portfolio of round merchandise. SATORP has beforehand introduced changing oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ licensed round polymers.
Francois Good, senior vp, refining and petrochemicals Africa Center East and Asia at TotalEnergies, mentioned, “This undertaking at SATORP is a part of TotalEnergies’ intention to provide 1.5 million tons/y of SAF by 2030. Sustainable aviation gasoline is important to decreasing the CO2 emissions of air transport, and its improvement is absolutely aligned with the Firm’s local weather ambition to get to web zero by 2050, along with society.”
