A contract from Belgium has drawn a green route for the blue sky in Central Asia. When the global aviation industry is anxious about decarbonization, the vast land of Uzbekistan welcomes a "timely rain" of 6.1 billion US dollars - Allied Biofuels and Sinopec Engineering Group officially sign a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract. This not only means that the largest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in Central Asia has entered the countdown to landing, but also indicates that China's engineering strength will build a new green energy landmark connecting Europe and Asia at this ancient Silk Road hub.

FEED contract locks in the general contractor

The agreement signed by both parties this time is not an ordinary agreement, but a key to the implementation of the project. This FEED contract covers detailed engineering design, scheme optimization, and construction preparation. Once the final investment decision is made, it will seamlessly transform into a complete EPC general contracting order. This "design first, general contractor follow-up" model ensures that this large-scale integrated project with a total investment of up to 6.1 billion US dollars can efficiently and standardly emerge from the sands of Central Asia, laying the foundation for Sinopec to build an overseas SAF benchmark.

Fill the gap in aviation fuel in Central Asia

Under the global trend of decarbonization in aviation, sustainable aviation fuel has become a scarce resource, and the Central Asian region precisely lacks large-scale production capacity. Uzbekistan is taking advantage of the situation and urgently needs to optimize its industrial structure through major projects. After the project is put into operation, it not only produces sustainable aviation fuel and synthetic electronic aviation oil, but also directly fills the gap in local low-carbon production capacity. Relying on Chinese technology, Uzbekistan is able to undertake global aviation emission reduction orders, shifting from traditional resource dependence to green industrial exports, and consolidating its position as a regional green energy hub. Keywords: Central Asian news and information, aviation fuel

Building a new frontier in the Silk Road industry

This is not only an energy cooperation, but also a profound industrial empowerment. For Sinopec, this is a strategic opportunity to enter the blue ocean of green refining in Central Asia and improve the overseas layout of new energy; For the Ukrainian side, the project has brought tangible local employment opportunities and green technology transfer. With the support of Chinese engineering, this large-scale complex will become a powerful engine driving the diversified development of Uzbekistan's economy, achieving a win-win situation for Chinese manufacturing and Central Asian resources in the green transformation.Editor/Gao Xue