Preem testing renewable gasoline production from saw dust

In Sweden, the first tests to produce renewable gasoline from sawdust have just been carried out at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil. Work has now started to process 50,000 metric tons of pyrolysis oil at the plant. The renewable raw material will be delivered from the Swedish company Pyrocell.

Extensive tests have now begun in Lysekil on the catalytic cracker, one of the refinery’s largest plants, which primarily produces petrol.

The test consists of two parts, an initial smaller batch of 300 tons of pyrolysis oil, followed by a longer test operation that will process up to 50,000 tons of pyrolysis oil for two years. The raw material will be delivered from Pyrocell’s new facility in Gävle. Pyrocell is jointly owned by Preem and Setra. At the plant, which will be ready during the autumn, sawdust will be processed into pyrolysis oil. The oil will then be further refined at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil.