Indonesia has been developing green gasoline and LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) as viable alternative to fossil-based fuels. It is already being sold and in use in Europe.
“Indonesia is the pioneer of gasoline production from palm oil using co-processing technology. Palm oil is mixed in refinery through cracking process using Merah Putih catalyst which is also our own production. It generates gasoline and LPG at the end of the process,” Head of Research and Development at Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources said in Jakarta.
Co-processing is a method to produce green fuels by processing biofuels with fossil-based fuels simultaneously to convert them into green hydrocarbon (green gasoline, green diesel, or bioavtur).
Indonesia is the first country that generates gasoline from palm oil through co-processing. The process that make it difference to traditional one is co-processing uses existing petroleum refinery process units while others build new units.
Some countries like United States, Italy, and Uni Arab Emirates are also developing palm oil for gasoline. However, production in these countries is limited to standalone refineries. They don’t use co-processing technology but use standalone refineries. We are the first to use co-processing.
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