• Egypt signs a USD 200M deal with Qatar’s Al Mana Holding to build a sustainable aviation fuel plant in SCZone.
• The plant will convert used cooking oil into SAF, producing HVO, bio-propane, and bio-naphtha across a 100,000 sqm facility.
• Al Mana secures a long-term supply agreement with Shell, with deliveries of sustainable aviation fuel scheduled to start by 2027.

Al Mana

Egypt has signed a USD 200 million agreement with Qatari conglomerate, Al Mana Holding, to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant. This will be a first-phase investment to build a SAF plant in the Integrated Sukhna Zone under the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). The plant will convert used cooking oil into sustainable aviation fuel.

The project will be developed in three phases and will span 100 thousand sqm in the Integrated Sokhna Zone on the Red Sea coast. The first phase will have an estimated annual production capacity of 200 thousand tonnes. The project’s products will include hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for aviation, bio-propane, and bio-naphtha. 

SAF

 Al Mana’a Holding secured a long‑term supply agreement with global company Shell for the project’s aviation fuel. The deliveries of the sustainable aviation fuel are scheduled to begin by the end of 2027.

Mr Walid Gamal El Din, Chairman of the General Authority of Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), indicated that the SAF production project will reduce harmful emissions by between 50–80% compared with conventional fuel.

He also praised the project’s success in securing an offtake agreement with global company Shell to meet global market needs. He further notes that this will add to the Zone’s project exports and support Egypt’s plans to boost exports and replace imports. The Chairman also indicates this project reaffirms environmental sustainability as one of the core pillars of the Zone’s strategy. Thereby, this project contributes to further economic development.