ExxonMobil marks first certified blended sustainable aviation fuel delivery to Singapore Changi Airport

• Refined jet fuel blended with neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at ExxonMobil's Singapore integrated refining and petrochemical complex
• Part of global plan to provide 200,000 barrels per day of lower-emission fuels by 2030

SINGAPORE - ExxonMobil successfully delivered the first cargo of certified Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Changi Airport as part of a one-year pilot launched by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Temasek¹.

ExxonMobil was selected as the fuel supplier for the pilot in February 2022.

Geraldine Chin, chairman and managing director, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., said: “We are proud to supply certified SAF to Singapore Airlines in this inaugural pilot. ExxonMobil is bringing its established capabilities in fuels manufacturing and logistics to help customers such as SIA achieve their net-zero ambitions.”

Under this pilot, ExxonMobil is providing SAF for Singapore Airlines and Scoot flights from Changi Airport beginning July 2022. The SAF is manufactured by blending ExxonMobil-produced refined jet fuel with the Neste-produced neat SAF at ExxonMobil facilities, before being delivered to Changi Airport’s fuel hydrant system. ExxonMobil is leveraging its integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Singapore for the blending process, and its logistics network for the SAF delivery to Changi Airport.

The demand for lower-emission fuels is expected to grow, driven by the need for energy-dense, lower-carbon intensity fuels for hard-to-decarbonize transportation such as aviation, marine and heavy-duty trucking.

ExxonMobil plans to provide more than 40,000 barrels per day of lower-emission fuels, including SAF, by 2025, and has a further goal of supplying 200,000 barrels per day by 2030.

Ms Lee Wen Fen, senior vice president corporate planning, Singapore Airlines, said: “Today marks an important milestone in the SIA Group’s decarbonisation journey, as we uplift a blend of sustainable aviation fuel and jet fuel into our aircraft departing out of Singapore for the first time. Sustainable aviation fuels are a key decarbonisation lever, and this pilot demonstrates our commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Working together with our partners, we will continue support the adoption of SAF in Singapore.”

Sami Jauhiainen, vice president of renewable aviation for the Asia-Pacific region at Neste said: “We are excited to see Singapore Airlines starting today the use of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel in their flight operations. The collaboration with ExxonMobil, Singapore Airlines, Temasek and CAAS demonstrates the potential of SAF in reducing aviation’s emissions and helps accelerate its use in Singapore and globally. Neste is committed to play its part as we are starting SAF production in Singapore in the first quarter of 2023 with one million tons of production capacity per annum.”

About ExxonMobil in Singapore

ExxonMobil is one of Singapore’s largest foreign manufacturing investors with over S$25 billion in fixed asset investments. Our Singapore affiliate, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, (EMAPPL), has manufacturing facilities which include an integrated world-scale refining and petrochemical complex in Jurong and Jurong Island. EMAPPL has a network of service stations under the Esso brand, operates a lubricant plant and is a supplier of cylinder cooking gas. It serves its customers and commercial markets in the region with ground transportation, industrial, aviation and marine fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and liquefied natural gas (LNG). ExxonMobil also contributes to community programs in Singapore that support the arts and education, health and the environment. 
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¹ From July 1, 2022, Temasek’s involvement in the pilot will be managed by GenZero, an investment platform wholly owned by Temasek that is dedicated to accelerating decarbonisation globally.