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John Buxton

SAF Specialist

Dr John Buxton is a seasoned aviation fuel professional who has held senior technical roles in Shell Aviation and Kuwait Petroleum International Aviation as well as chairing the influential Joint Inspection Group (JIG) and numerous technical committees. He currently enjoys consulting and writing on sustainability in aviation fuel as well as providing technical expertise on SAF training and leadership on SAF projects worldwide. He splits his time between the UK and Hungary.

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  • March 19, 2025

How Co-Processing Boosts SAF Production Efficiency

Insight Focus Co-processing is an alternative to blending SBC with jet...

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  • February 21, 2025

Strict Blending Rules Could Slow SAF Adoption

Insight Focus SAF must be blended into CJF and certified. Blending is ...

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  • January 23, 2025

Why Blending Sustainable Aviation Fuel Requires Precision

Insight Focus Blending SAF involves adding sustainable components (SBC...

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  • December 10, 2024

Clean Hydrogen Feedstock in Aviation Challenged by Scale

Insight Focus It’s touted as a fuel of the future, but how clean is ...

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  • November 19, 2024

Hydrogen’s Crucial Role in SAF Production

Insight Focus Hydrogen plays a key role in sustainable aviation fuel p...

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  • October 30, 2024

Exploring Hydrogen as a Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Insight Focus Hydrogen presents significant potential for sustainable ...

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  • October 14, 2024

Why SAF Can Help Combat Contrails

Insight Focus Managing contrails is vital for reducing aviation’s cl...

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  • September 26, 2024

More Needs to Be Done for SAF Adoption Says Cambridge

Insight Focus The aviation industry’s net-zero goals face hurdle...

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  • September 9, 2024

Making SAF by the Fischer Tropsch Processes – A Curate’s Egg?

Insight Focus SAF can be made by the Fischer Tropsch process using a r...

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  • August 22, 2024

The Pros and Cons of the HEFA Pathway for SAF

Insight Focus Aside from crude oil, HEFA is still the preferred pathwa...

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  • July 29, 2024

How Can We Make SAF More Viable?

Insight Focus SAF is the fuel of the future – so why is there such l...

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  • July 2, 2024

Why is SAF Penetration Still So Low?

Insight Focus Despite huge government subsidies, investments by airlin...

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  • June 14, 2024

How to GUARD Against False SAF Accounting

Insight Focus While SAF is big business these days, there are always r...

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  • May 29, 2024

Who Benefits When We Use SAF?

Insight Focus Emissions reduction takes a lot of work, but who gets th...

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  • May 9, 2024

How Do We Measure Aviation Emissions?

Insight Focus We must calculate aviation emissions accurately. This is...

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  • April 25, 2024

Why SAF is the Best Tool to Reduce Net Carbon Emissions

Insight Focus Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is the only realistic ro...

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  • April 3, 2024

SAF Supply and Demand Dynamics

Insight Focus There are a few well-established production pathways for...

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  • March 18, 2024

How Do We Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel?

Insight Focus Jet A needs to have certain characteristics to be classi...

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  • February 28, 2024

How Can We Make Sure Sustainable Aviation Fuel is Safe?

Insight Focus When creating SAF, it is important that the process is s...

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  • February 8, 2024

The Basics of Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Where Are We Now?

Insight Focus The aviation industry is responsible for about 2% of glo...

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