Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis is a process that converts syngas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide) into liquid hydrocarbons, which can be refined into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel (RD), low-carbon fuels, and other valuable products.
Our proprietary advancements in the FT process and upgrading technologies improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enable scalable production.
Carbon-based materials (such as natural gas, biomass, biogas, or CO₂) are converted into syngas—a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H₂).
FT Synthesis
The syngas passes through an FT reactor, where it reacts over a patented and proprietary catalyst to form long-chain hydrocarbons (syncrude).
Upgrading & Refining
The syncrude is processed to produce high-performance fuels that work in today’s engines and infrastructure.
Proven & Scalable:
Used for decades in fuel production, now optimized for renewable feedstocks.
Drop-In Compatibility:
Produces fuels that seamlessly replace fossil-based diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline.
Carbon Utilization:
Can convert waste CO₂ into valuable fuels, supporting carbon recycling and net-zero goals.
After over a decade of R&D, EFT has developed a patented Fischer-Tropsch catalyst and reactor system along with a patented product upgrading system that sets new benchmarks for efficiency, scalability, and cost-effective sustainable fuel production.
More Liquid Fuel, Less Waste
Presently, our Technology Platform produces over 80% of finished SAF or renewable diesel, with a 100% SAF yield coming soon.
Integrated Fuel Refining
EFT’s proprietary upgrading technology enhances the quality and yield of final fuels from our Fischer-Tropsch sycrude for improved efficiency.
Seamless Process Integration
EFT’s FT technology optimizes heat, water, and energy use, reducing capital costs and enhancing overall plant efficiency.
Proven Reliability
750,000+ catalyst runtime hours, demonstrating long-term stability, resilience to process upsets, and efficient in-situ regeneration.
EFT’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuels are high-performance, low-emission alternatives with zero sulfur, no metals, and superior combustion properties. Our upgrading technology enables the production of:
Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene ASTM D7566 Annex 1 specification.
Diesel and Renewable Diesel: ASTM D975 specification in both summer and winter grades.*
Military Spec Fuels: JP-8/JP-5 (Mil-DTL-83133G), and Naval Distillate (NATO F-76, Mil-DTL-1688L).
Diesel Blend Stock: Ideal for upgrading lower-quality petroleum feedstocks, thereby extending the diesel pool for many refiners.
EFT has developed an upgrading process technology for producing a range of specialty products such as lube back stocks, solvents, chemical feedstocks, waxes, and drilling fluids that meet or exceed specifications for similar products in the market.
Information about these products is available on request.
Fuel Production
Solvents & Drilling Fluids
Base Oils & Specialty Products
18 Issued Patents & Growing
Pending Patents & Ongoing Development Activities
What is EFT’s Technology Platform?
A: EFT’s Technology Platform is the combination of its Fischer-Tropsch synthesis unit (reactor plus catalyst) and its Upgrading unit (reactor and two catalysts), which converts the synthetic crude output of the FT unit into finished fuels.
What is the Fischer-Tropsch process, and how does EFT use it?
A: The Fischer-Tropsch process converts a 2:1 mix of hydrogen and carbon monoxide (called syngas) into long-chain hydrocarbons (synthetic crude) with water and heat byproducts.
What does the upgrading process involve?
A: Upgrading breaks the long-chain hydrocarbons in synthetic crude into the desired range of chain lengths for jet or diesel fuel and also changes the structure of some chains in a process called “isomerization,” which improves the physical properties of the fuel, such as lowering the freeze point.
What is the typical carbon intensity (CI) of EFT-produced fuels?
A: The CI of an EFT-produced fuel is largely determined by the feedstock we start with. For e-fuels, the CI can be up to a 95% reduction relative to the fossil fuel equivalent. Most biofuels (made from biomass or biogas feedstock) achieve a 60-80% reduction in CI relative to fossil fuels.
What types of fuels does EFT’s Technology Platform produce?
A: EFT’s Technology Platform typically produces 80% jet and/or diesel fuel with approximately 20% naphtha.
The jet can be called Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and diesel can be called Renewable Diesel if the feedstocks are biogenic or synthetic. If fossil-based feedstock such as natural gas is used, the products can qualify as low-carbon fuels (with a lower carbon intensity than equivalents made from crude oil).
Are EFT’s fuels certified or certifiable under existing regulatory frameworks?
A: Yes. The ASTM sets standards for different types of fuels, such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Diesel, and EFT’s fuels are engineered to meet these standards.
EFT’s product specifications, mapped against the ASTM standards, can be found here. The feedstock type also determines how the fuel is certified under various U.S. and European rules.
What is the fuel yield from EFT’s process per ton of feedstock?
A: Feedstocks vary greatly in their energy content per given volume or mass, and this number further varies based on moisture content. Moreover, there are many ways to convert biomass into syngas that can be fed into EFT’s Technology Platform. A very rough estimate is 1.5 to 2 barrels of SAF per dry ton of biomass.
What is the difference between low-carbon and sustainable fuels?
A: In general, the term sustainable refers to fuels made from biogenic or synthetic feedstock with a low carbon intensity (CI), while low-carbon usually refers to fuels from fossil feedstock but made in a way to have a lower CI than fossil fuel made from crude oil.
Who can license EFT technology?
A: EFT will license its technology to any party it considers credit-worthy and legal. EFT chooses not to do business with countries considered unfriendly to the U.S. or where its commercial interests cannot be protected, including Russia, the People’s Republic of China, Iran, and North Korea.
Does EFT build fuel production plants?
A: EFT licenses its technology to other parties wishing to build fuel production plants and is planning to build its own plants in North America focused on biogas as the feedstock.
What is a modular fuel plant, and how does it work?
A: Modular refers to the fact that EFT’s plants are designed to be fabricated in indoor workshops in skid-mounted modules that are transported to the site for assembly. This is as opposed to “stick build,” where a large project has significant fabrication work done on-site and out in the open.
What modular configurations are available for deployment?
A: EFT has modular designs available for sizes ranging from 100 BPD up to 2,000 BPD. All plants have some degree of customization to fit the location and other site-related specifics.
Any size can be provided to a licensee.
Can EFT’s technology integrate with existing refining or petrochemical infrastructure?
A: Yes. If the existing infrastructure produces syngas, this can sit upstream of EFT’s Technology Platform (which is the Fischer-Tropsch reactor and Upgrading unit). If existing infrastructure is designed to process and upgrade crude oil products, it can sit downstream from EFT’s Fischer-Tropsch unit in lieu of EFT’s upgrading unit.
