In South Korea, Pulse reported that local oil refining company S-Oil Corp. is stepping up efforts to become the first in the country to incorporate bio-based raw materials into its refining processes. S-Oil announced that it is launching sustainable aviation fuel and next-generation biodiesel production, as well as the manufacturing of environmentally friendly petroleum chemical materials like naphtha and polypropylene, utilizing initial quantities of bio-based feedstocks such as waste cooking oil, palm byproducts, and pyrolysis oil from plastic decomposition. Over the next two years, the company plans to introduce a total of 237,000 tons of bio-based feedstocks and up to 125,000 tons of pyrolysis oil into its refining processes, according to the report. S-Oil had secured regulatory sandbox approvals for the handling of pyrolysis oil and bio-based feedstocks in July and December of last year, respectively.
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