BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17. With all its assets, features and its sustainability vision, SOCAR Türkiye is in an ideal position to leverage Honeywell’s portfolio of technologies that offer multiple pathways towards the production of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) through a range of available feedstocks, Uygar Doyuran, Honeywell President for Türkiye, Israel and Central Asia, told Trend.
“As the only refinery company in Türkiye with a refinery-petrochemical integration, SOCAR-owned STAR Refinery is the largest refinery project in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). It is the first company in Türkiye to hold a Strategic Investment Incentive Certificate. STAR Refinery meets approximately 25 percent of Türkiye's demand for processed crude oil products and reduces Türkiye's petroleum products imports. STAR Refinery is the essential link in the refinery-petrochemical integration within the SOCAR Türkiye value chain and develops strategic products for the country's economy and industry needs. These include naphtha and reformate, critical raw materials for the petrochemical sector, and petroleum products such as diesel, jet fuel, LPG, sulfur, and petroleum coke, which constitute essential items of the current account deficit,” he said.
Doyuran noted that renewable fuels made from sustainable sources are the key to reducing the aviation industry’s carbon footprint and meeting regulatory compliance.
“Made from the EcofiningTM process, Honeywell SAF meets or exceeds critical jet fuel specifications and can be made from a variety of sustainable feedstocks. Honeywell Ecofining™ is a proven technology that has been used around the world for years. It produces sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which helps reduce GHG emissions up to 80 percent when compared to the emissions from fossil fuels,” he added.
Honeywell’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has shown higher energy density in flight, which allows aircraft to fly farther on less fuel, meets or exceeds critical jet fuel specifications, such as: flash point, freeze point, stability and heat of combustion and is a drop-in replacement fuel that requires no changes to aircraft technology or fuel infrastructure.
Depending on the feedstock used, diesel from the Ecofining™ process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60 to 80 percent on a total lifecycle basis, compared to petroleum-based diesel.
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