SAF Co‑Processing Masterclass Co-processing and refinery integration for SAF production
A focused, expert-led three-hour session on how existing petroleum refinery infrastructure can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel through co-processing, covering feedstocks, insertion points, carbon intensity and the commercial implications.
Five modules. Three hours.
Delivered in sequence by an industry practitioner with extensive refinery and SAF experience. Open each module to see what it covers.
Enquire about this course-
- Why co-processing?
- Risk and mitigation
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- ASTM approved
- Fats and oils
- Fischer-Tropsch liquids
- Not ASTM approved
- Tyre pyrolysis oils
- Plastic pyrolysis oils
- Other pyrolysis oils, from feedstocks such as wood
- Hydrothermal liquefaction biocrudes from wet waste and sewage sludge
- ASTM approved
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- Distillate hydrotreater, kerosene hydrotreater and fluid catalytic cracker
- Implications: hydrogen demand, catalyst impacts, water formation, temperature increase and potential corrosion
- Approaches to deal with these challenges
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- Feedstock storage and pretreatment
- Reactors and catalysts
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- CORSIA default CI values
- Measuring biogenic content and C14 analysis
A working understanding of co-processing, end to end
From feedstock selection through to carbon accounting, in a single focused session, with the expert and your peers in the room.
The potential of co-processing
A clear picture of how co-processing can deliver SAF within existing refinery infrastructure at scale.
Refinery risk, navigated with confidence
The key technical and operational risks of co-processing, and the mitigation approaches in use today.
How feedstocks behave in a refinery
Which feedstocks are ASTM-approved, which are emerging, and how each behaves at different insertion points.
Biogenic content and carbon intensity
CORSIA default CI values, C14 analysis, and the methodology for determining biogenic content in co-processed fuels.
Direct access to the trainer
Dedicated Q&A with Susan throughout the session. Bring the questions specific to your refinery, feedstock or accounting position and get them answered live.
Peers from across the value chain
Learn alongside refiners, airlines, feedstock suppliers and consultants tackling the same decisions, and hear the questions they are asking.
Refiners, airlines, OEMs, consultancies and research institutes have already sent delegates to the co-processing masterclass.
Susan Van Dijk
Susan has been a biofuels expert for 15 years, with a core focus on conversion technologies for the production of drop-in biofuels and sustainable aviation biofuels (SAF). Her expertise lies in the commercialisation of various technology pathways for SAF production, including gasification and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, pyrolysis and hydrothermal liquefaction and upgrading of biocrudes, lipid-based technologies, biochemical pathways, and co-processing of bio-intermediates within petroleum refineries.
Built for practitioners across the value chain
Refinery, fuel production and aviation sustainability teams who need technical depth on co-processing.
Petroleum refineries
Operations, technical and commercial teams evaluating co-processing as a route to SAF production.
Fuel producers
Teams assessing co-processing pathways alongside dedicated SAF production routes.
Feedstock providers
Suppliers of fats, oils, pyrolysis oils and biocrudes seeking to understand refinery requirements and compatibility.
Airlines and airline representatives
Those with responsibility for fuels and sustainability who need to understand the co-processing supply chain.
Consultants
Advisors supporting clients across the energy transition who require technical depth on co-processing.
SAF accounting experts
Professionals working on carbon accounting, book-and-claim or CI determination who need to understand the production process.
Not sure this is the right course for your team? We also run bespoke in-house programmes and can shape one around your priorities.
Talk to usBring the team.
Co-processing decisions cut across technical, operations and commercial. Train them together.
- Everyone works from the same understanding of feedstocks, insertion points and CI, so the internal debate starts further along.
- Questions get answered live, in front of the whole team, rather than relayed second-hand.
- Every delegate receives the recording, materials and their own certificate of attendance.
Group and in-house sessions are arranged directly. Email nick.cassidy@safcongress.com with the number of delegates and we will come back to you with options.
Enquire about group sessionsFrom enquiry to certificate
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Enquire
Contact Nick Cassidy to register your interest and ask any questions.
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Confirmation
We confirm the next session date, your place and send you the live session link.
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Reminders and pre-reading
We send reminders ahead of the day, plus any materials for pre-course reading.
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Attend and receive
Join live, then receive the recording, all course materials and your certificate of attendance.
Want to know more?
Enquire with Nick Cassidy for the next session date, group options or an in-house programme for your team.