Total to produce SAF at Belgian refinery

April 24 – Total Energy has announced plans to restructure its petrochemicals business at its refinery in Antwerp, Belgium. One of the planned changes is to increase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity through co-processing.

According to Total Energy, the initial SAF project in Antwerp is expected to achieve a capacity of 50,000 tons/year of SAF.SAF will be produced through co-processing, a production method that enables the simultaneous processing of hydrocarbons and biomass in a conventional refinery unit.Production of SAF is expected to begin later this year.