Green jet fuel production starts in Thailand

PTT Global Chemical says it has started producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Thailand for the first time, with planned annual output of 6m litres for the first phase. The petrochemical arm of the national oil and gas conglomerate PTT is using used cooking oil as the main raw material. It plans to expand production to 24m litres per year in the future, it said in a statement on Wednesday. “Today’s official commercial production of SAF is ready to support rapidly expanding demand for renewable energy in the Thai commercial aviation industry,” PTTGC president Toasaporn Boonyapipat said in the statement. Production of green jet fuel will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote Thailand’s potential to become a low-carbon aviation hub in Southeast Asia, the company said.<br/>