Eni SpA has made a last funding resolution to proceed with a mission to transform a number of models on the Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery in Pavia, Lombardy right into a biorefinery.
The refinery will proceed conventional operation whereas incorporating a brand new processing capability of 550,000 metric tons a 12 months for biofuel feedstock, primarily waste and residues. Anticipated to begin operations 2028, the biorefinery can have the pliability to supply hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) diesel and sustainable aviation gasoline (SAF), the Italian state-backed power main mentioned in a press launch.
“The mission entails the conversion of the Hydrocracker (HDC2) unit utilizing Ecofining™ know-how in addition to the development of a pre-treatment unit”, Eni mentioned.
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“The hydrogen required will probably be provided by present crops, whereas supporting infrastructure, together with logistics and connections to airports in Lombardy, will probably be tailored for the brand new manufacturing setup”, it added.
Earlier Eni introduced in Kuwait Petroleum Worldwide Ltd to collectively develop one other Italian biorefinery in Priolo, Sicily.
Designed to supply as much as 500,000 metric tons every year of HVO diesel and SAF, the Priolo mission will rise on the location of an Eni ethylene plant set to be decommissioned.
Focused to be accomplished 2028, the Priolo biorefinery will probably be fed primarily by vegetable waste and oils and animal fat, based on Eni.
“The mission has accomplished the engineering part. Preparatory actions for awarding procurement and building contracts have begun; demolition works required for the event of the brand new infrastructure are about to begin; and the authorization course of has been launched”, Eni mentioned in an internet assertion February 3.
Eni says it’s already the second-biggest producer of hydrogenated biofuels in Europe. Eni has set objectives to develop its biorefining capability from the present 1.65 million metric tons every year (MMtpa) to over three MMtpa by 2028 and greater than 5 MMtpa by 2030, with the potential to supply as much as two MMtpa of SAF by 2030.
Late final 12 months Eni, Euglena Co Ltd and Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) started building on a biorefinery with a processing capability of 650,000 metric tons every year in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.
Concentrating on a 2028 begin of operation, the power is predicted to supply bio-naphtha, HVO and SAF, based on a joint assertion November 10, 2025.
Feedstocks will embody wastes reminiscent of used vegetable oils and animal fat, in addition to residues from processed vegetable oils.
Eni’s present biofuels manufacturing come from two Italian crops in Venice and Gela and a United States plant in Louisiana, operated underneath its 50 percent-owned three way partnership St Bernard Renewables LLC.
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