Cosmo Oil
Cosmo Oil is an operating sustainable aviation fuel plant in Sakai, Japan. Its announced capacity is 23 thousand tonnes a year (28 million litres, 8 million US gallons), by the Co-processing pathway. It has been operating since 2025. The record comes from the SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news since.
The record
- Owner
- Cosmo Oil
- Place
- Sakai, Japan (34.573, 135.483)
- Pathway
- Co-processing (recorded as "Co-Processing")
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- operating
- Announced capacity
- 22.7 thousand tonnes a year · 28.4 million litres · 7.5 million US gallons
- Operating since
- 2025
- Where the record came from
- The SAFxCHANGE producers table of December 2023, updated from the news on 2025-09-01.
- Notes
- ; start_year from article 122 (2025-03-21); status from article 8152 (2025-09-01)
Other plants and projects recorded with Cosmo Oil
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmo Oil | Sakai, Japan | operating | 23 | 2025 |
| Cosmo Oil (Osaka) | Osaka, Japan | planned | 0 | 2025 |
In the news latest items naming Cosmo Oil
- 2026-02-16 Japan’s Cosmo Oil partners with Shimonoseki city to turn waste oil into sustainable aviation fuel Eco-Business
- 2025-09-02 Hawaiian Airlines signs SAF deal for use on selected Osaka to Honolulu flights AeroTime
- 2025-09-01 Frying and flying go hand in hand in push for clean aviation fuel 朝日新聞
- 2025-08-30 Sustainable aviation fuel sales agreement signed for Hawaiian Airlines Osaka-Honolulu flights Maui Now
- 2025-08-29 Cosmo Oil Marketing sign sustainable aviation fuel sales agreement for Hawaiian Airlines Osaka-Honolulu flights - Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air Alaska Airlines
- 2025-08-14 DHL Express and Cathay Group sign deal to accelerate SAF usage across Asia AeroTime
- 2025-08-13 DHL Express and Cathay Group sign new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) deal to drive production and uptake in Asia Cathay Pacific
- 2025-08-13 DHL Express and Cathay Group Sign New Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Deal to Drive Production and Uptake in Asia DHL
- 2025-07-10 Cosmo Energy Holdings Counters Global Warming with Sustainable Aviation Fuel 日経BP
- 2025-03-10 Japan's First Large-Scale SAF Facility To Begin Production In April Aviation Week
- 2025-03-05 Bangchak banking on green jet fuel sales Bangkok Post
- 2025-01-28 DHL Express and Cosmo Oil Marketing Signed a Deal to Drive Further Usage of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Japan DHL
- 2025-01-28 DHL Express and Cosmo Oil Marketing sign deal to drive further usage of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Japan DHL Group
- 2023-10-01 Cosmo Oil Marketing and Delta Air Lines Sign SAF Purchase Agreement en.traicy.com
- 2023-06-01 How Honeywell Contributes to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Development emag.directindustry.com
Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, Cosmo Oil: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/cosmo-oil, retrieved 2026-10-19. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].