PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, the refinery unit of Indonesian state energy company Pertamina, has started its first shipments of sustainable aviation fuel made partly from used cooking oil, the company said on Tuesday.

The SAF will be used in a flight from the capital Jakarta to Denpasar, Bali, scheduled for later this month by Pelita Air, an airline subsidiary of Pertamina, the refinery unit said.

Around 32 kilolitres of the SAF from its Cilacap refinery have been prepared for the flight. Pertamina plans to deliver 1.7 million litres of the fuel to Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, the statement said.

Pertamina’s Cilacap refinery has SAF production capacity of around 1,400 kl per day, with used cooking oil content of 2% to 3%, the company said.
Source: Reuters