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Sustainable Aviation Fuel — HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids)

Drop-in jet fuel produced from waste fats, oils, and greases (FOG) via hydroprocessing. The dominant SAF pathway today (~80% of global SAF production). Mandated under EU ReFuelEU Aviation (2% blend 2025, 6% 2030, 20% 2035) and US SAF Grand Challenge. Subject to feedstock fraud risk (UCO misclassification).

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What depends on it

Goods that need this input

1 essential American goods rely on sustainable aviation fuel — hefa (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.

Who makes it

Supplier companies

4 companies produce sustainable aviation fuel — hefa (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids).

Neste Corporation(NESTE.HE)

HQ FI60% share

Montana Renewables (Calumet)

HQ US

Calumet-owned Great Falls, MT renewable-fuels refinery; one of North America’s largest SAF producers.

TotalEnergies SE(TTE)

HQ FR

French integrated energy and petrochemical company (NYSE: TTE, HQ Paris). TotalEnergies produces n-hexane at the Gonfreville (Normandy, France) and Antwerp (Belgium) refinery complexes. TotalEnergies' Petrochemicals division supplies European hexane markets for oilseed extraction (French/EU canola oil, sunflower oil crushing) and pharmaceutical solvent use. The Gonfreville refinery (Norman Refining, ~246,000 bpd) is one of France's largest. TotalEnergies' hexane is food-grade certified for EU markets where canola (rapeseed) and sunflower oil crushing uses hexane extraction extensively.

World Energy LLC

HQ US

US SAF/renewable-fuels producer (Paramount, CA); early HEFA-SAF maker.