Shell contracts Worley to provide design and procurement for Rotterdam SAF project

In the Netherlands, Worley is providing detailed design and procurement services to support the development of a low-carbon fuels facility at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

The facility is expected to be one of the biggest of its kind in Europe and will produce 820,000 metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel every year. These fuels will help to meet growing demand from the transport sector, including hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as heavy road transport and aviation. The renewable diesel alone could avoid 2.8 million tons of CO2 emissions a year. That is the equivalent of taking more than 1 million European cars off the roads.

The renewable diesel and SAF will be produced from waste including used cooking oil, certified sustainable vegetable oils, waste animal fat and other industrial and agricultural residue using advanced technology developed by Shell. The fuels will be used for blending in support of the EU legislation and commitments under the Paris Agreement.