bp refinery in Lingen starts kerosene production from waste cooking oil
Since mid-February, the oil and gas group bp has been producing sustainable aviation fuel - SAF for short - from used cooking oil in a so-called co-processing process at its refinery in Lingen for the first time. The plant is said to be the first industrial production nationwide ...
Since mid-February, the oil and gas group bp has for the first time been producing sustainable aviation fuel - SAF for short - from used cooking oil in a so-called co-processing process at its refinery in Lingen. The plant is the first industrial production facility in Germany to use this process for SAF production based on biomass from waste and residual materials, emphasizes bp.
Compared to conventional kerosene, "SAF brings about a significant reduction in CO2 over the entire life cycle of the fuel," emphasized Arno Appel, member of the board of BP Europa SE and head of the refinery in Lingen. In addition, airlines could use it without technical conversion. "Co-processing allows us to continue operating the existing plant with some modifications and extensions," Appel said. For the start of SAF production, he said, bp built a new unloading point in Lingen, upgraded a tank for storing the biogenic raw materials and connected it to the hydrocracker plant.
