Global multi-energy company TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with China’s largest oil refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in China.
Global multi-energy company TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with China’s largest oil refiner China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in China.
The jointly owned production unit at Sinopec’s refinery in China would have the capacity to produce 230,000 tonnes/year of SAF from local waste or cooking oils and animal fats, TotalEnergies said on 26 March.
TotalEnergies said it would bring its experience and expertise in the technical, operational and distribution fields to the project while Sinopec had developed its own SAF production technology, SRJET.
“We are very pleased to collaborate with Sinopec, a major player in the global refining industry, to produce sustainable aviation fuels and structure a SAF production chain in China,” TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné said.
Active in nearly 130 countries, TotalEnergies is a global multi-energy company that produces and markets oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.
TotalEnergies has set itself a target of producing 1.5M tonnes/year of SAF production by 2030.
According to its website, Sinopec is China’s largest oil and petrochemical products supplier and its second largest oil and gas producer.
