en.Wedoany.com Reported - Petrobras has selected Honeywell's ethanol-to-jet fuel process technology and plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production project at the RepLAN refinery in São Paulo. According to Honeywell's announcement on April 14, 2026, if approved, the project is expected to produce 10,000 barrels per day of sustainable aviation fuel, making it the first large-scale ethanol-to-jet fuel project in Latin America.
Honeywell's ethanol-to-jet fuel process uses ethanol as a feedstock. Ethanol, as a widely available renewable raw material, provides an economically viable pathway for the rapid scaling up of sustainable aviation fuel production. Brazil boasts a globally leading biofuel industry in terms of efficiency. Leveraging local ethanol resources, the RepLAN project will help domestic and international airlines reduce lifecycle carbon emissions and broaden the supply channels for renewable aviation fuel.
The President and CEO of Honeywell Process Technologies stated that this technology can utilize abundant agricultural byproducts to produce fuel, meeting the global demand for low-carbon energy. The President of Honeywell Latin America pointed out that Brazil possesses the triple advantages of scale, feedstock, and technology partnerships, positioning it to become a global powerhouse in sustainable aviation fuel production.
The long-term cooperation between Petrobras and Honeywell covers refining technology, natural gas processing, and advanced automation systems. Honeywell's distributed control systems have been deployed across multiple Petrobras facilities. In 2024, Petrobras selected another Honeywell process technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel at the Presidente Bernardes Refinery in Cubatão, using soybean oil and tallow as feedstocks.
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