IOC cuts jet fuel prices for January

State-controlled refiner IOC has reduced jet fuel prices for the third consecutive month, effective from 1 January in line with international prices. IOC cut jet fuel prices by nearly 4% from its last revision to 95,372.43rupees/kilolitre ($1,145/kl). The refiner reduced jet fuel price in Delhi by Rs3,850.81/kl to Rs101,993.17/kl. It cut prices in Chennai and

BP to trial new feedstock for SAF

BP will trial carinata plant oil as a new feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel during a seven-day trial in September at its Lingen refinery, Germany, amid an intensifying scramble for limited feedstocks. The site became the first in Germany in February 2022 to manufacture SAF from used cooking oil, the company said. SAF currently commands

India reimposes tax on domestic crude production

The government has reimposed a tax of 1,600 rupees/t ($2.66/bl) on domestic crude output from 15 July, after slashing it to zero on 16 May. The federal government revises the windfall tax rates every two weeks but had kept the levy at zero over the last two months. India has reimposed the windfall tax even

Europe needs €300bn for green aviation transition

Airbus, the world’s largest plane maker, has said it aims to fly a zero-emissions hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035 but has cautioned about the pace of development of the necessary infrastructure.

Japan firms offset CO2 from jet fuel supply chain

Japanese upstream firm Inpex and refiner Idemitsu purchased carbon credits that offset around 10,000t of CO2 emitted from an entire supply chain, including from Murban crude oil produced by Inpex and supplied to Idemitsu for it to produce 3,000t of jet fuel, as well as transportation of crude and jet fuel. Inpex is one of

IOC plans green jet fuel plant

Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) is planning to build a Rs 1,000 crore ($122 million) sustainable aviation fuel plant as global supplies run significantly short of what’s needed by airlines to meet decarbonization goals. The facility will have capacity to produce 88,000 tons of SAF a year and Indian Oil is seeking to partner with other

INPEX, Idemitsu join hands with ANA for carbon-neutral fuels

Energy companies, Inpex and Idemitsu Kosan has joined hands with All Nippon Airways (ANA) to jointly undertake carbon neutralisation of jet fuel across the airline’s supply chain to power all scheduled ANA flights departing from and arriving at Hiroshima Airport between May 1 and May 31, 2023. The effort is being undertaken in conjunction with

UW and Agra Energy to convert manure to jet fuel

The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Agra Energy are operating Wisconsin’s first commercial facility to turn manure into fuel for trucks and jets. The project started six years ago when Agra Energy searched for waste streams to turn into fuel and that went into existing infrastructure such as tanks, pumps, and engines. Agra Energy refines

MathPro study for ICCT finds hydrotreating an inexpensive approach

A study by MathPro Inc., prepared for the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), has found that hydrotreating is an inexpensive approach to produce near-zero naphthalenes petroleum jet fuel (PJF) for contrail abatement. The report estimates an incremental cost of 0.09 to 0.12 USD/gallon (~€0.03/L) to hydrotreat fossil jet fuel at the conversion refineries that

Virgin Atlantic to operate first transatlantic flight on SAF

The world’s first netzero transatlantic flight will take off from the UK next year, with Virgin Atlantic set to fly one of its Boeing 787 aircraft from London to New York using solely sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline has received UK government funding for the flight to show how SAF could replace conventional jet