Oiltek Malaysia, Brunei's BioSeaga to build SAF plant

: Biofuels, Emissions
26/04/07

The Malaysian subsidiary of Singapore-based Oiltek International, which provides technology solutions in the vegoils industry, and Brunei-based food security and renewables project developer BioSeaga Industries signed a heads of agreement on 6 April to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Sabah, Malaysia.

The plant has a planned capacity of approximately 300 t/d according to a Singapore Exchange (SGX) filing. It is expected to cost around $350mn, but the final contract value will be recomputed and mutually agreed upon by the companies before they enter into a definitive agreement. The final value will be based on prevailing costs, finalised engineering designs and agreed scope of supply.

Oiltek and BioSeaga aim to enter a definitive agreement by 6 October, depending on whether project financing, regulatory approvals, land right confirmation and other items have been secured.

After that, Oiltek Malaysia will be the plant's exclusive contractor and undertake engineering, procurement, design, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services for its pre-treatment facilities, tank farm, logistic bulking infrastructure, and partial blending facilities.

The term of the heads of agreement will be one year unless terminated earlier by the companies, extended by mutual written agreement, or superseded by a definitive agreement, whichever happens first.

Oiltek is involved in several other early-stage Malaysian SAF projects. It is providing pretreatment unit technology for Malaysian engineering firm SK SAF's plant which plans to reach final investment decision by 2027-28. Last September, Oiltek also signed an agreement with state-owned Sarawak Economic Development (SEDC), biofuel feedstock supplier Apeiron Bioenergy, and fellow technology provider Sulzer to build a 15,000 t/yr SAF pilot plant in Sarawak.

But Oiltek said in a separate filing with SGX on 6 April that it has not entered into a definitive agreement with Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina's subsidiary, PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, to develop a pre-treatment unit in Indonesia and supply its feedstock. It added that the heads of agreement signed between the two companies in February 2025 had expired.

By Sarah Giam

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