MOL Group completes second SAF and HVO production test
Hungary-based oil and gas company MOL Group has completed a second pilot project for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), this time at the INA-operated Rijeka refinery in Croatia.
The trial involved the co-processing of 5% palm oil mill effluent (POME) with fossil feedstocks using the refinery’s hydrocracking unit.
Around 1,000 tonnes of biogenic material were processed during the pilot, which was certified by Bureau Veritas in line with ISCC standards.
The pilot follows a previous SAF and HVO production test at MOL Group’s Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava earlier this year. In that trial, HVO was produced from cashew nut shell oil and SAF from partially refined used cooking oil, confirming the suitability of existing production units for alternative fuels.
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