17 May 2013

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is building a fuel farm at Benazir Bhutto International Airport, which is under construction in Islamabad, and has awarded the construction contract to the joint venture of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and Attock...

17 May 2013

Gazpromneft-Aero is to refuel all Turkish Airlines flights at Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan after the two companies signed a long-term agreement.

The airport's existing fuel-servicing infrastructure was updated last year,...

16 May 2013

Airbus SAS, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed an alliance to investigate the suitability of biojet fuel, Bloomberg has reported. The partnership aims for Air Canada to eventually begin flying on renewable jet fuel as it seeks in slash...

16 May 2013

Gas-to-liquid (GTL) Jet Fuel is a new jet fuel manufactured by Qatar Shell at the Pearl GTL plant in Ras Laffan, the largest of its kind in the world.

On 14 May the Qatar Shell Research & Technology Centre (QSRTC) held a GTL Jet Fuel...

16 May 2013

A new airport fuel storage terminal is officially open following the ribbon cutting ceremony on 14 May.

The fuel system was built at Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport in Gladwin, Michigan and brings the airport into compliance with the...

15 May 2013

Mashreq Petroleum is to build Egypt's first independent tank terminal after signing a 25-year concession agreement with the East Port Said Port Authority.

Mashreq is the core platform company of Citadel Capital, a major investment company...

14 May 2013

Yara North America, a major producer of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), has opened a new storage terminal in Chesapeake, Virginia.

The facility will supply fleets and regional outlets throughout the Mid-Atlantic region with increased access...

3 May 2013

More than 200,000 litres of jet fuel totalling $20 million (€15 million) has been stolen from Sangster International Airport in Montego, Jamaica.

It is thought the robbery took place between 29 and 30 April from a facility located...

3 May 2013

Engineering group and airport systems integrator Cavotec says demand for equipment at Middle Eastern airports is continuing to grow.

Over the past year the company has secured deals across the region in locations such as the UAE, Kuwait,...

3 May 2013

Ageing underground jet fuel storage tanks are to be replaced with new aboveground infrastructure at Johnstown Airport in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

The project will cost $1.1 million (€840,000), with $575,000 of this coming from a...

3 May 2013

A NASA research programme carried out in California has revealed that a fuel blend of camelina-based biofuel and conventional kerosene poses no risk to commercial jets.

Scientists at NASA's Langley Research Centre say test flights...

3 May 2013

Renewable fuel and chemical producer Virent has delivered 100 gallons of its own bio-based jet fuel to the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for testing purposes.

Product testing will begin at Wright Patterson Air Force Base to...

30 April 2013

Jet fuel trader China Aviation Oil (CAO) has reported a record high quarterly net profit for the first quarter ended 31 March 2013 after this rose 5.3% over the same period last year.

The group recorded a net profit of $21.5 million...

30 April 2013

Three companies have joined forces in Australia to carry out a feasibility study that will investigate the potential of turning local waste materials into jet fuel.

Virgin Australia, Brisbane Airport Corp. and SkyNRG will look at...

29 April 2013

Horizon Terminals, the terminals business and wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), is on schedule to finish its new oil terminal in Jebel Ali, UAE by the end of this year.

The $142 million (€108 million)...

25 April 2013

Kenana Sugar (KS) will launch the first Sudanese project which uses ethanol as a gasoline additive to increase octane and improve vehicle emissions.

The project, which will mix gasoline with 10% of ethanol, is a joint venture between KS...

19 April 2013

Massachusetts, US-based technology developer Joule has converted waste CO2 into the basic parts of jet fuel and petrol.

The company has engineered photosynthetic biocatalysts that convert waste CO2 into hydrocarbons through a patented,...

19 April 2013

Aviation services provider ASIG has begun aircraft refuelling services and management and operation of London City Airport's jet fuel facility.

Under the agreement, ASIG is also providing a dedicated refuelling team for the airport's...

19 April 2013

The government of Israel is looking to purchase 864 million gallons of petroleum products, including jet fuel, from the US at a cost of around $2.67 billion (€2 billion), the US Department of Defense says.

Most of the jet fuel will...

18 April 2013

A man has been arrested and charged with stealing 275 gallons of jet fuel from Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, US.

Mickell Frazier of Charlotte was arrested by police at a storage facility close to the airport...

18 April 2013

The development of renewable fuel for the aviation industry is set to continue as USDA secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood have signed a five-year agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The US...

16 April 2013

US development of viable biofuel for the aviation industry has received further long-term support from the government this April.

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) secretary Tom Vilsack and Transportation secretary Ray LaHood signed a...

16 April 2013

United Airlines aims to save 85 million gallons of aviation fuel this year in a bid to slash its costs and reduce CO2 emissions.

If the airline meets this target it will save an equivalent of 828,750 tonnes of CO2 or around $275 million...

9 April 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced in April that 77.6 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in February.

Biodiesel in the US has exceeded targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard for two consecutive years and the new...

5 April 2013

KLM has begun operating its first series of biojet-powered intercontinental flights in partnership with Schipol Group, Delta Air Lines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The flight, KL642, which commenced in March, runs...

5 April 2013

An Emirates aircraft was damaged by a fuelling truck at Kenneth Kaunda Airport in Zambia.

The Boeing 777-300ER was ready to be refuelled before it departed for Dubai in March when the fuel tanker crashed into it. Nobody was injured,...

5 April 2013

A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reveals that Brazil, if recent trends continue, will be unable to meet its domestic light vehicle demand for fuel as soon as 2017.

The report states that demand could outstrip supply...

5 April 2013

NASA researchers have begun a series of flights using the agency's DC-8 flying laboratory to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitude.

The research, entitled...

3 April 2013

Jet Aviation's six US-based FBOs have joined Paragon Aviation Group.

These FBOs include New York (TEB), Boston (BED), Dallas (DAL), Palm Beach (PBI), Houston Hobby (HOU) and St. Louis (CPS). The addition of these locations means the...

3 April 2013

Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) has loaded the first train at its new loading/unloading station.

The new station entered service on 2 April and loaded around 1,000 tonnes of biodiesel for export to a Bavaria-based refinery in Germany. The fuel...

2 April 2013

Shell Aviation, a global supplier of aviation fuels and lubricants, has expanded its refuelling network in Poland after commencing operations at Kraków International Airport.

This is the second Polish airport Shell now serves,...

2 April 2013

A new oil storage terminal in South Korea's South Jeolla Province, built by China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp.'s joint venture company Oilhub Korea Yeosu (OKY) has entered operation.

The facility took two years to build and cost around...

26 March 2013

Airports Authority of India (AAI) will join forces with local airlines and oil companies in a bid to reduce the cost of jet fuel, according to the authority's chairman V.P. Agrawal.

It is thought the three-way JV, of which Reliance...

11 March 2013

State-owned oil company Ceylon Petroleum has finished building a jet fuel terminal in Mattala, Sri Lanka.

The fuel facility is located at Sri Lanka's second international airport, which is scheduled to open on 18 March, and has a storage...

8 March 2013

Global oil firm Puma Energy has established a new jet fuelling facility at Maun International Airport in Botswana.

With the ability to refuel seven aircraft at the same time, it is hoped the new P27 million (€2.5 million) fuelling...

8 March 2013

Rentech is to stop operations at its Colorado, US-based R&D product demonstration unit (PDU) as it 'focuses on more immediate growth opportunities within the energy industry that do not rely on new technologies'.

The closure will see...

8 March 2013

SkyNRG, a manufacturer of sustainable aviation fuel, has been awarded certification from the RSB Services Foundation, making it the world's first biofuel operator to earn the RSB certification for its supply chain of renewable jet fuel including...

8 March 2013

The high cost of jet fuel in Chennai, India compared to other cities such as Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore means airlines no longer refuel at the airport if possible. This trend has increased since the price of aviation jet fuel went up on 1...

8 March 2013

Jet fuel storage infrastructure will soon come online at the new $1.5 billion (€1.15 billion) Hambantota port in Sri Lanka.

The installation, built by Chinese company China Communications Construction Co., was originally due to...

7 March 2013

Delta Airlines has reduced the volume of jet fuel it expects its Trainer, Pennsylvania refinery to produce in the short-term.

The air carrier's subsidiary Monroe Energy acquired the 185 bpd facility and began production in September 2012....

7 March 2013

The price of China's domestic jet fuel has increased this month, according to industry sources.

In March jet fuel prices rose RMB359 (€44) per tonne to RMB7,885. This increase of over RMB250/t could also result in a rise in...

7 March 2013

Bangor International Airport in Maine, US has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply aviation fuel to military aircraft.

The $38 million (€29 million), four-year contract will see the airport refuel planes belonging...

6 March 2013

Zambia's government is to build four fuel storage terminals in four of the country's provinces and has contracted East African company Dalbit International to carry out the project.

Expected to cost $40.2 million (€30.8 million), the...

26 February 2013

The Spanish government has approved a lowering of the mandatory biodiesel consumption target according to a release from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

The target will drop from 7% to 4.1%.

‘It is considered...

22 February 2013

Installation work on new storage tanks at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Ghana is almost complete.

The new infrastructure will eliminate future jet fuel shortages at the facility. Last month the international airport was without...

22 February 2013

Northwest Missouri Regional Airport, a city-owned aviation complex near Maryville, US, is getting new fuel storage tanks that will benefit small corporate jets to the airport and make it more competitive with other airports in the...

22 February 2013

Japanese investigators have discovered what caused a Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner to leak jet fuel last month.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Japan's Transport Ministry released the results of its investigation into the...

22 February 2013

In its 2012 financial results report, Macquarie Infrastructure (MI) announced that it plans to refinance Atlantic Aviation, a nationwide network of 62 fixed base operators that provide fuel services to owners and operators of private jet...

22 February 2013

Delta Airlines' Pennsylvania refinery has received its first shipment of crude oil from North Dakota for the production of jet fuel.

Delta purchased the facility last year in a move that it hopes will save it $300 million (€226.5...

20 February 2013

Spain-based oil storage and transportation company CLH has signed an areement with Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) to provide consultancy services throughout the construction of an oil storage terminal and 280km...

20 February 2013

Integrated energy company Imperial Oil's 94-year-old Dartmouth refinery and marine supply terminal in Sydney, Nova Scotia remains unsold, despite the company putting it up for sale in May last year.

Its location within the competitive...

19 February 2013

Azerbaijan state oil company SOCAR has signed a storage agreement with Delta Rubis after it recently received a license from the Energy Market Regulatory Agency to sell bunker fuel.

SOCAR Turkey Distribution has joined forces with the...

8 February 2013

Kenya is transforming its Isiolo Airport with a Sh900 million (€7.7 million) upgrade.

Private contracting company Northern Construction will expand the airport's apron where aircraft park and refuel to handle nine large planes...

8 February 2013

Primus Green Energy (PGE), a Hillsborough, New Jersey-based alternative fuel company, has welcomed John Doyle as its chief infrastructure office (CIO).

PGE has developed a renewable drop-in fuel technology that produces jet fuel or...

8 February 2013

A new initiative has been launched to support the development of second generation biofuels in Europe.

Entitled 'Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels', the initiative was established by the CEOs of seven European biofuel producers and European...

8 February 2013

Iran is now able to export jet fuel after Phase II of a three-phase petrol production facility was put into operation at Iran's Abadan Oil Refinery by the nation's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The new unit has taken the refinery's...

8 February 2013

Hundreds of gallons of jet fuel spilled onto a runway at Salt Lake City Airport in Utah when a truck collided with a cargo plane.

Part of the airport had to be closed down while airport crews and Salt Lake City's HAZMAT team cleaned up...

8 February 2013

Commercial flights from Islamabad International Airport may not be able commence for another 18 months after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) refused to award a jet fuel supply contract to any of the interested parties.

Among the...

6 February 2013

The CEOs of seven European biofuel producers and airlines launched a new industry-led initiative to speed up the deployment of advanced sustainable biofuels throughout the continent.

The initiative, called Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels,...

3 February 2013

Spanish oil storage and transportation company CLH Group supplied over 2.4 million m3 of biofuels throughout 2012, a 27% increase on what it delivered in 2011.

In a statement the company said 2.1 million m3 of this was biodiesel and the...

1 February 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed its 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2).

The proposed 2013 overall volumes and standards...

28 January 2013

A pilot was forced to carry out a crash landing when his aircraft ran into difficulties during refuelling.

The 1984 Mooney M201, a single prop aircraft, was caught in a strong crosswind, according to police, which caused the plane to go...

28 January 2013

Gazprom Neft's jet fuel business operator Gazpromneft-Aero has started refuelling aircraft at Russia's largest airport using its alternative aircraft fuelling station (AFS).

Now deployed at Sheremetyevo International Airport, the AFS is a...

24 January 2013

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' daughter company, Kinder Morgan Canada Terminals, is to build more storage capacity at Trans Mountain Pipeline's Edmonton terminal in Alberta, Canada, after entering into long-term contracts.

Construction on...

24 January 2013

Jet fuel leaked and polluted a 400m2 area in Russia on 22 January after a cargo train derailed.

In Russia's Amur region, between the stations Ayachi and Yerofey Pavlovich, 11 fuel carriages left the train tracks and seven overturned,...

23 January 2013

Canada-based air transport company Nolinor Aviation has announced that, effective 1 February, it will deploy the Bulk Aviation Transportation Tank (BATT) on its Boeing 737 cargo aircraft.

The move will make Nolinor's aircraft the first...

21 January 2013

Shell Aviation, a global supplier of aviation fuels and lubricants, has begun providing its services at Katowice International Airport in southern Poland.

Shell Aviation now provides aviation fuels and associated services to selected...