First Domestic Use of 'Waste Cooking Oil' in Refining Process... S-OIL Produces Low-Carbon, Eco-Friendly Products

Production of Low-Carbon Fuel Products Including SAF from Bio-Based Raw Materials

Utilizing Pyrolysis Oil from Waste Plastics to Contribute to Resource Circulation

S-OIL (CEO Anwar Al Hizazi) has officially started producing low-carbon and eco-friendly products.

S-OIL announced that on the 29th, it began injecting initial quantities of bio raw materials such as waste cooking oil and palm by-products, as well as pyrolysis oil from waste plastics, into its refining process for the first time among domestic refiners to produce low-carbon energy and eco-friendly chemical products.

By co-processing bio raw materials and plastic pyrolysis oil together with crude oil in the existing refining process, S-OIL has started producing low-carbon fuel oil with reduced carbon intensity (such as sustainable aviation fuel and next-generation biodiesel) and eco-friendly petrochemical raw materials (such as naphtha and polypropylene).

S-OIL is stepping up production of low-carbon products using bio circular raw materials and held an event on the 29th to introduce the initial batch of plastic pyrolysis oil.

This is the first time a domestic refiner has injected bio raw materials into the refining process. S-OIL received regulatory sandbox approvals for processing waste plastic pyrolysis oil and bio raw materials in July and December of last year, respectively.

After swiftly completing preparatory work including the installation of raw material injection facilities, the company began the process injection. Accordingly, over the next two years, S-OIL plans to adjust the mixing ratio of new alternative raw materials while evaluating overall product yield changes and process impacts, thereby expanding the production volume of eco-friendly products.

To respond to the global decarbonization trend, S-OIL formed a 'Partnership for Eco-friendly Hydrogen and Biofuel Business' with Samsung C&T in 2021, and in December last year, it signed a partnership with DS Danseok to establish a supply chain for eco-friendly low-carbon fuel and chemical product raw materials.

S-OIL stated, “To fully launch our eco-friendly energy and chemical business, we will pursue obtaining global low-carbon product international certification (ISCC) for products produced using alternative raw materials, concretize the carbon emission reduction effects, and support the government’s eco-friendly energy policies and the establishment of a circular economy.”

Anwar Al Hizazi, CEO of S-OIL.

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