OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2014. Pilot batches of TC-1, RT and Jet-A1 fuel (jet fuel)   for jet engines were produced at the TANECO's combined hydrocracking installation.

Jet fuel is an important strategic fuel for aero engineering, so the control of yielding the first trial batch was carried out with participation of the representatives of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense and experts of JSC VNII NP. In the course of yielding the pilot batch the process testing was conducted. Thereafter the jet fuel was tested for compliance with the technical requirements specified in order to make a decision about the possibility of its putting into commercial production.

To enter the aviation fuel market TANECO sent the fuel samples for physical and chemical testing at JSC VNII NP, GosNII GA, CIAM, and 25 GosNII. According to the results of laboratory tests permission was granted for commercial production of TC-1, RT and Jet-A1 jet fuel   suitable for   air transport fuelling.

Currently, the production capacity of TANECO allows producing up to 300 thousand tons of jet fuel per year.