INDIANAPOLIS AND LONDON (January 7, 2026)\u202f\u2013 Corteva Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) and bp (NYSE: BP, LSE: BP.L) today announced the launch of Etlas, their new 50:50 joint venture that will produce oil from crops \u2013 including canola, mustard and sunflower \u2013 for use in the production of biofuels like sustainable (or synthetic) aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD). Etlas will harness both Corteva\u2019s century-long expertise in seed technology to develop crops ideally suited to produce SAF and RD as well as bp\u2019s expertise in refining and marketing fuel for the commercial transportation market.<\/p>\n
Etlas aims to produce one million metric tonnes of feedstock per year by the mid-2030s, which could produce over 800 thousand tonnes of biofuel. Initial supply is scheduled to begin in 2027 for use in co-processing at refineries as well as at dedicated biofuels plants.<\/p>\n
Leading industry estimates have global demand for SAF growing to as much as 10 million tonnes by 20301 — from about 1 million tonnes in 2024, while global demand for RD could rise to as much as 35 million tonnes by 20302 from approximately 17 million tonnes in 2024. Etlas is designed to provide a reliable, scalable supply of feedstock to help meet this expected demand.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to collaborate with Corteva to deliver what our customers want\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Philipp Schoelzel, senior vice president, biofuels growth<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The feedstock Etlas uses will be harvested from crops that are grown on existing cropland, between main food cropping seasons.\u00a0 Such intermediate crops can help improve soil health while providing farmers with a new revenue stream. As they use existing cropland during times when it has previously been unproductive like a fallow or cover period, they also do not lead to additional demand for land.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Judd O\u2019Connor, executive vice president of Corteva\u2019s seed business unit added:\u202f\u201cBy helping found Etlas, Corteva continues to deliver on two critical parts of our mission: to help fuel the world and to support farmers. Agriculture is part of the solution, and we are excited to see Etlas come to life.\u201d<\/p>\n Philipp Schoelzel, senior vice president, biofuels growth, bp added: \u201cThis capital light joint venture creates optionality in our biofuels value chain, strengthening our position and helping deliver attractive returns. We\u2019re excited to collaborate with Corteva to deliver what our customers want.”<\/p>\n Ignacio Conti, Global Business Development Director at Corteva will be the new Etlas Chief Executive Officer and Gaurav Sonar, vice president, Novel Feedstocks at bp will become its Chair of the Board of Directors.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAs the aviation industry looks for reliable, sustainable and cost-competitive sources of SAF, it is clear farmers have a critical role to play,\u201d said Etlas CEO, Ignacio Conti. \u201cEtlas brings together global leaders in agriculture innovation and energy production to harness this demand by leveraging technological expertise and trusted relationships with farmers around the world to help scale production and boost supply while offering farmers new revenue streams.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS AND LONDON (January 7, 2026)\u202f\u2013 Corteva Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) and bp (NYSE: BP, LSE: BP.L) today announced…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":499712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74878,224307,51,120242,50,587,750,10426,52,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-499711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bp-global-news","9":"tag-gas-low-carbon-energy","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-joint-venture","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-north-america","14":"tag-partnerships","15":"tag-press-release","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115855731400879710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}