Synthetic jet fuel gets real

摘要

For the past nine years, South Africa-based Sasol has supplied a fuel mixture comprised of a coal-to-liquid (CTL) component blended with crude-oil-derived kerosene to international airlines operating from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Based on the success of the alternative-fuel blend and following several years of "rigorous testing and evaluation," the company announced earlier this year that international aviation fuel authorities including the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD)-which governs the DEFSTAN 91-91 standard-approved its 100% synthetic jet fuel produced by its proprietary CTL process as Jet A-1 fuel for commercial use in all types of turbine aircraft.