MOL Group has produced a diesel fuel containing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the refinery of Slovnaft in Bratislava, Slovakia. The successful production test confirms that the Hungarian oil and gas company is technologically ready for the production of alternative synthetic fuels.
HVO was produced using oil from cashew nut shells and the biocomponent produced this way was processed together with crude oil.
At the same time, MOL Group’s Bratislava Refinery conducted another production test, which produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by co-processing as well. In this case, the company also created value from waste: it processed partially refined cooking oil with the traditional raw material.
“The fact that Slovnaft has passed this test is a confirmation of our position as an important player in the CEE region,” said Gabriel Szabó, Vice Chairman of the Slovnaft Management Board and Vice President Downstream of the MOL Group.
Currently, very few refineries in the world produce SAF. Slovnaft has thus become one of the first refineries capable of producing aviation fuel meeting the quality requirements set for SAF. In the context of EU environmental targets, SAF is to account for 2% of total aviation fuel consumption from this year, with this percentage gradually increasing each year. The share of SAF is to increase to 6% by 2030, 20% by 2035 and 70% by 2050.