Bio jet fuel plans in
Mexico
Finpro Americas
Heidi Virta
April 2011
Bio jet fuel demand in Mexico
The aviation industry will demand 40 Million
litres in 2015 and 700 Million litres in 2020 of
bio jet fuel in Mexico
Litres of
bio jet
fuel
Bio jet fuel initiative in Mexico
• Mexico’s aviation industry has made a Flight Plan program ”Plan
de vuelo” started in july 2010 in which all the aviation industry
actors, investigators, feedstock producers and Mexican
government representatives
• The program is to promote the collaboration of all the involved
parties and to come up up with a national biorefinary plan in
Mexico
• 1st demostration flight in Mexico based on jatropha bio jet fuel
was made on 1st of April, 2011
• UOP Honeywell is involved in the project and the demostration
flight was made with UOP technology (www.uop.com)
• Sources for the bio jet fuel are: jatropha, camelina, algae, cactus
among others
Demostration flight process
1) Feedstock:
• The jatropha seed came from Mexican producers: Government of
Chipas (90%), Global Energías Renovables (Yucatán), Energy J.H.,
(Michoacán) and Bencafser (Puebla),
2) Process for generating biofuels:
• Pure Bio-Keroseno Parafínico Sintético (BioKPS) was elaborated from
the jatropha seeds .
3) Extraction and refination:
• The oil was extracted and pre-refined in Guadalajara and transferred to
a biorefinary in Pasadena, Texas, where it was processed under the
supervision of United Oil Products (UOP), of Honeywell.
4) Transfer
• The BioKPS was transferred to the fuel station in Mexico City, where
the mixture of 73 % jet fuel (fossile) and 27 % BioKPS was created.
The mixture was made with strict cuality and security controls
Bio jet fuel feedstock world map
• World map in the production of algae, jatropha and
camelina