Brazilian oil regulator ANP has expanded state-controlled Petrobras' authorization to co-process renewable feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its 252,000 b/d Henrique Lage (Revap) refinery in Sao Paulo.
Revap is allowed to co-process renewable feedstocks in both its U-272N and U-272Q hydrotreating units. The regulator also increased the renewable-feedstock limit to 1pc by volume from 0.8pc under the previous authorization, which covered only the U-272N unit.
ANP's authorization, published on 17 August, could increase the refinery's capacity to produce renewable content for SAF by up to 2.5 times, Petrobras told Argus.
The renewable content from Revap can be used to produce SAF at Petrobras' 239,000 b/d Duque de Caxias refinery in southeastern Rio de Janeiro state, which has an SAF production capacity of 10,500 b/d.
Petrobras is Brazil's only SAF producer, but other companies are also pursuing SAF projects in Brazil. Energis8, for instance, plans to produce around 1bn liters/year (17,340 b/d) by 2031.
