In Thailand, Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited has entered into a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement with Singapore-based Shell International Eastern Trading Company. The agreement stipulates the offtake of ISCC EU/CORSIA certified SAF to be delivered to Shell. Bangchak, a leader in Thailand’s sustainable aviation fuel industry, introduced its initial SAF manufacturing business plan […]
In Thailand, BBGI Public Company Limited has entered into a strategic partnership with Keppel Ltd, through its Infrastructure Division and CleanEdge Resources Limited by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly research and develop a Bio-LNG (Liquefied Biomethane) project in Thailand. The three partners aim to develop the project and expand production capacity in Thailand […]
In Thailand, senior leaders of Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited, Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Public Company Limited (BAFS), and BAFS Pipeline Transportation Limited (BPT), presided over the pilot initiative to deliver Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into the pipeline system leading to Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang International Airports. This collaboration involves blending SAF with jet fuel […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports Bangchak recently signed a memorandum of understanding with New Biodiesel to buy used cooking oil collected from the southern provinces for sustainable aviation fuel feedstock. Bankchak recently purchased 45% of New Biodiesel’s parent company, Thanachok Vegetable Oil (2012). It already has agreements with 17 other companies for sourcing UCO […]
In Thailand, Bangchak and BSGF Co., Ltd., together with New Biodiesel and Thanachok Vegetable Oil (2012) Co., Ltd. recently signed a memorandum of understanding to create a domestic sustainable aviation fuel supply chain with used cooking oil as feedstock. New Biodiesel, a leading expert in palm oil production and collection of used cooking oil in […]
In Thailand, allnex, an industrial coatings and resins firm owned by PTT Global, has joined an ongoing biobased epoxy coating development project between AGC VinyThai and Michigan State University Professor Mojgan Nejad. AGC Vinythai has worked with Nejad to explore the use of lignin as a bisphenol A substitute to boost the biobased content of […]
In Thailand, researchers from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Science are accelerating their technological development to scale up the production of aviation biofuel from yeast. This is an extension of the successful results of research that found a strain of yeast with a high potential for producing fat for use in aviation fuel. In addition to […]
In Thailand, the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) approved the investment promotion applications of eight large projects worth a combined $1.54 billion, including a bio-ethylene plant project by the local joint venture of Brazil’s Braskem. Braskem Siam Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Braskem and Thailand’s SCG Chemicals PCL, received approval for the investment to […]
In Thailand, researchers at Mahidol University have converted waste pineapple leaves into a leather alternative stronger than polyurethane. The material is made by extracting the leaves’ fibers, half of which are subsequently treated with sodium hydroxide. The fibers are then made into non-woven sheets coated with natural rubber latex. The sheets are then heated, compressed, […]
In Thailand, Braskem Siam Co., Ltd. has received approval from the Thailand Board of Investment for a 19.3 billion baht ($526 million), 200,000 tons/year biobased ethylene plant. The project will convert ethanol produced using agricultural products such as sugarcane, cassava, and corn as feedstock. Braskem Siam, a joint venture between leading biopolymer producer Braskem and […]
