Co-processing in a refinery
Fats, oils and Fischer-Tropsch liquids fed into an ordinary refinery alongside crude oil, so a share of the jet fuel it makes is renewable. The route that lets a refinery make some sustainable aviation fuel without a new plant.
The fuel
- Class
- Sustainable aviation fuel
- Specification
- ASTM D1655 Annex A1
- Status
- in use
- Blend limit
- a small share set by the specification with fossil jet fuel
Who makes it 28 plants on SAFxCHANGE's record · announced capacity
| Plant | Owner | Where | Pathway | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isoterra unit (El Segundo) | Chevron | El Segundo, United States | Co-processing | operating | 4,642 | 2023 |
| Rijeka Oil Refinery | INA | Rijeka, Croatia | Co-processing | operating | 4,178 | 2029 |
| Rodeo Renewed | San Francisco Refinery | Rodeo, United States | Co-processing | planned | 2,422 | 2024 |
| Ecofining plant (Coffeyville) | CVR Renewables CVL LLC | Coffeyville, United States | Co-processing | paused | 1,392 | — |
| IsoCracker facility at Lysekil refinery | Preem | Lysekil, Sweden | Co-processing | planned | 959 | 2027 |
| Braya Renewable Fuels | Cresta Fund Management | Canada | Co-processing | under construction | 835 | 2022 |
| Etlas | Etlas (joint venture between Vylor and BP) | Brazil | Co-processing | planned | 800 | 2027 |
| DGD Port Arthur | Valero Energy Corporation | Port Arthur, United States | Co-processing | operating | 711 | 2024 |
| Sannazzaro de' Burgondi biorefining plant (Pavia) | Eni SPA | Pavia, Italy | Co-processing | planned | 550 | 2028 |
| Sannazzaro de' Burgondi biorefinery | Enilive | Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, Italy | Co-processing | planned | 550 | 2028 |
| SK Energy (Ulsan, co-processing) | SK Energy | Ulsan, South Korea | Co-processing | operating | 500 | 2024 |
| Chevron Lummus Global LLC | Chevron Lummus Global LLC | China | Co-processing | planned | 400 | — |
| Tüpras (Izmir) | Tüpras | Izmir, Turkey | Co-processing | planned | 385 | — |
| Burnaby Refinery | Parkland Corp. | Burnaby, Canada | Co-processing | operating | 301 | 2026 |
| Tupras | Tupras | Izmir, Turkey | Co-processing | planned | 300 | — |
| HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie (Hamburg) | HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie | Hamburg, Germany | Co-processing | under construction | 220 | 2027 |
| Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (Kapolei) | Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. | Kapolei, United States | Co-processing | operating | 184 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Renewables (Kapolei) | Hawaii Renewables | Kapolei, United States | Co-processing | operating | 183 | 2026 |
| Grandpuits zero-crude platform | Total | France | Co-processing | planned | 170 | — |
| New Rise Renewables (Reno) | New Rise Renewables | Reno, United States | Co-processing | operating | 136 | 2024 |
| SAF Blending Facility at Pine Bend Refinery | Flint Hills Resources | Pine Bend, United States | Co-processing | operating | 90 | 2026 |
| Cosmo Oil | Cosmo Oil | Sakai, Japan | Co-processing | operating | 22 | 2025 |
| Mumbai Refinery kerosene hydrotreater unit | Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) | Mumbai, India | Co-processing | under construction | 4 | 2026 |
| OMV | OMV | Schwechate, Austria | Co-processing | operating | 2 | 2025 |
| SAF demonstration plant (Visakh) | HPCL | Visakh, India | Co-processing | operating | 0 | 2026 |
| Bratislava refinery | Slovnaft AS | Bratislava, Slovakia | Co-processing | operating | 0 | — |
| Brisbane Airport SAF Project | Viva Energy | Brisbane, Australia | Co-processing | operating | 0 | 2026 |
| Redcliffe Bay SAF blending facility | Exolum | Redcliffe Bay, United Kingdom | Co-processing | planned | — | 2026 |
From the SAFxCHANGE capacity board, which holds every plant with its sources; news-found plants not yet settled are left out of totals there.
Connections how this fuel links to the rest of the register
- Isoterra unit (El Segundo) · United States 4,642 thousand tonnes a year · operating
- Rijeka Oil Refinery · Croatia 4,178 thousand tonnes a year · operating
- Rodeo Renewed · United States 2,422 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- Ecofining plant (Coffeyville) · United States 1,392 thousand tonnes a year · paused
- IsoCracker facility at Lysekil refinery · Sweden 959 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- Braya Renewable Fuels · Canada 835 thousand tonnes a year · under construction
- Etlas · Brazil 800 thousand tonnes a year · planned
- DGD Port Arthur · United States 711 thousand tonnes a year · operating
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/fuel/co-processing.json.
Sources: FAA Civil Aviation Registry (November 2, 2026) for the engines and aircraft; the FAA airport master file for fuel sold; the FAA's supplemental type certificate listings for the approvals; SAFxCHANGE's record for the plants, deals and the airports named in the news; the sellers' own websites where named. Specifications as published by ASTM International and the U.S. military. The fuel makers' own pages say where their fuel is sold this month; this page is as current as those records.