Japan may import large quantities of UCO for SAF

According news，Japan’s largest oil company, ENEOS, has struck a deal with a major local Chinese catering company to recycle waste cooking oil to produce sustainable aviation fuel, according to news. Another oil giant, Cosmo, also debuted its first mass production site for sustainable aviation fuel in Japan in September, and it is expected to be officially completed within the year.

Japan’s three major oil companies have said that in order to ensure future production, in addition to recycling domestic waste cooking oil, they also plan to import from overseas, such as importing large quantities of gutter oil from China. In addition, the United States is also actively competing for gutter oil resources. According to experts, the United States imports large quantities of meal waste grease from China, mainly for the production of advanced biofuels.