Tag: Thailand

Bangchak Group Reinforces its Readiness as SAF Production Leader Partnering with BAFS and BPT

October 21, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

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 […]

Bangchak expands its UCO collection network to supply SAF production

October 16, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

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 […]

Thai coalition to create UCO supply chain for domestic SAF

October 2, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

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 […]

allnex joins AGC VinyThai and MSU in biobased epoxy coatings pact

August 5, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

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 […]

Thai researchers accelerating SAF production from yeast

July 16, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

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 […]

Thailand Board of Investment greenlight’s Braskem JV’s $1.54B bio-ethylene project

June 25, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

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 […]

Thai team develops durable leather alternative from pineapples

June 24, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

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, […]

Thailand approves Braskem-SCGC biobased ethylene plant

June 17, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

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 […]

Bangchak to buy more B100 to support palm oil prices

June 4, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports Bangchak is looking to procure B100 in an effort to help support palm oil prices, at the request of the Department of Internal Trade. The ministry will set the price that BBGI will pay for the crude palm oil, prices which will be aligned with palm oil prices, […]

Bangchak expects revenue increase via biofuels business

May 26, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Thailand, The Bangkok Post reported that BBGI, the biotechnology arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, expects a significant increase in revenue driven by key businesses such as biofuels that have a promising business outlook following Bangchak’s takeover of Esso Thailand. The gasohol and biodiesel business alone should increase revenue by 30% this year, […]

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