Topsoe and Sasol have signed a licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels Foreign Enterprise Limited Liability Company to deliver sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology to Allied Biofuels’ Khorezm, Uzbekistan, facility. This technology will be used to make electro-SAF (e-SAF) and bio-SAF.
Under the agreement, Topsoe and Sasol will provide the core technology licence, engineering design package and technical services to the facility, combining Topsoe’s SynCOR technology with Sasol’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to produce SAF from a variety of feedstocks including green hydrogen and carbon dioxide (e-SAF) and biomass (bio-SAF). The facility is expected to product around 300,000 tons (272,155 tonnes) of SAF and e-SAF annually.
Yassir Ghiyati, Chief Commercial Officer at Topsoe, said: “This agreement marks a significant milestone for Topsoe as this is our first e-SAF project in Uzbekistan. The Allied Biofuels facility brings together best-in-class technologies from Topsoe and Sasol to produce SAF with a variety of feedstock enhancing operations resilience. This commercial scale facility will help cater for the rapidly evolving global need for a variety of fuels for the aviation industry. We believe that projects like this will play an important role in driving the ramp up of SAF across key markets, such as Europe and the Middle East.”
Sarushen Pillay, Executive Vice President for Business Building, Strategy and Technology at Sasol, commented: “The selection of Sasol for this landmark project reflects the confidence that customers place in our proven FT technology and our ability to deliver at commercial scale. Building on the operational success of our world-scale XTL facilities and more than 30 years of collaboration with Topsoe, we bring together deep technology expertise, global execution experience and a fully integrated licensing solution. Together, we are enabling projects that not only deliver superior product yields and strong economics, but also help increase the growth of SAF production capacity and accelerate the global energy transition.”
Alfred Benedict, Managing Director at Allied Biofuels, said: “Securing world-class technology from Topsoe and Sasol is a defining milestone for Allied Biofuels’ Uzbekistan project. These agreements strengthen our engineering and execution pathway and are central to Allied Biofuels’ development of a globally competitive clean fuels platform capable of contributing to the aviation sector’s growing need for credible, scalable SAF and e-SAF.”
Topsoe and Sasol Sign Agreement with Allied Biofuels for SAF and e-SAF Project
