In Saudi Arabia, SATORP, a platform jointly owned by Aramco (62.5 percent) and TotalEnergies (37.5 percent), has for the first time in the region successfully converted used cooking oil (UCO) through co-processing into ISCC+ certified Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Last August, the platform successfully co-processed used cooking oil (UCO) in the Low-Pressure Hydro-desulphurization (LPHDS) unit, producing SAF, meeting all product quality parameters within the SAF specifications.
TotalEnergies contributed with its experience and expertise to this realization.
SATORP has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC+) to produce SAF. With this certification, the platform will be able to respond to the expected rise in SAF demand in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The SAF produced from UCO reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 80 percent on average over the entire lifecycle, compared with their fossil equivalent.
With this success, TotalEnergies through its platform located in Jubail keeps developing its portfolio of circular products.
SATORP has previously announced converting oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+-certified circular polymers.
This project at SATORP is part of TotalEnergies’ aim to produce 1.5 million tonnes per year of SAF by 2030. Sustainable aviation fuel is essential to reducing the CO2 emissions of air transport, and its development is fully aligned with the Company’s climate ambition to get to net zero by 2050, together with society, commented Francois Good, SVP, Refining and Petrochemicals Africa Middle East and Asia at TotalEnergies.
