Advanced biofuels

The fuel powering engines today has developed over decades of technological breakthroughs. At Low Carbon Solutions, we are focused on building on those breakthroughs to create new solutions for the world by developing lower-emission fuels. Our teams’ mission is to work on advancements that will enable customers across the road, marine and aviation transportation sectors to keep vehicles, ships and planes running with lower-carbon biofuels. 

As one of the world’s largest refiners, ExxonMobil is well suited to leverage its technology and infrastructure to progress this second-generation of biofuels. Second-generation advanced biofuels are typically produced with material from cellulosic wastes such as woody biomass and municipal solid waste. This is one of the ways our teams are striving to play a leading role in the energy transition and positioning for a lower-emission future.

Today, that work includes developing and applying key technologies for conversion processes that are needed to create lower-carbon products at scale. And, depending on our customers’ preferences, we can supply specific second-generation biofuels like methanol for marine fuel or sustainable aviation fuel. We are also leveraging our hydrogen and carbon capture value chain in that process. For example, gasification that combines making biofuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology – called BioEnergy with CCS or BECCS – can produce marine and aviation fuels.