Malaysia eyes UCO, POME export curbs to secure feedstock for SAF push

by two domestic facilities, Plantation and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani told the upper house of the Malaysian Parliament Dec. 15. A Hong Kong-based company, EcoCeres, already operates a SAF plant in Malaysia with a capacity of 350,000 mt/year, while state-owned Petronas is developing a second facility with 650,000 mt/year of capacity, expected to be completed by 2028, Ghani said, according to local media reports. “To ensure sufficient and stable raw material supply, the government is adopting two main approaches,” Ghani said. Under the first approach, Malaysia currently continues to allow exports of used cooking oil, as domestic SAF production has yet to fully ramp up. However, the government is considering halting UCO exports in the future to safeguard feedstock availability once large-scale SAF production begins, Ghani said. The second approach focuses on strengthening circular economy practices in the plantation sector, particularly through the use of palm oil waste ...