Jatropha curcas L. is a very drought-resistant plant, and jatropha oil can be extracted from its seeds. Whilst not suitable for human consumption, we found that it is a promising feedstock for producing (bio)-gasoline. The oil was cracked in an internally circulating FCC-reactor using a Grace Davison Ultima® catalyst. The total conversion was around 65%, with ca. 40% gasoline and ca. 25% crack gas (exact numbers varied with reactor temperature). The gasoline has a RON ＞ 95 and oxygen ＜ 0.3% m. The crack-gas consisted of ca. 35% propylene, ca. 13% 1-butene and ca. 6% ethylene.
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