Oil Patch Bits: Jet A1 dash completes first flight across Australia

Linc Energy Ltd. announced May 14 the successful completion of the Jet A1 Dash, a world-first flight using synthetic jet fuel created by using the company’s world-leading combination of Underground Coal Gasification and Gas to Liquids technology at its Chinchilla Demonstration Facility in Queensland, Australia.

The Jet A1 Dash began on May 7 when the CJ2 Citation jet took off from Perth with Linc Chief Executive Officer Peter Bond, media representatives, and other guests on board. The three-day journey included stops in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and finally Chinchilla on May 10. In total, the jet flew 2,654 miles. The Jet A1 Dash follows last year’s successful Diesel Dash, when Bond drove a Volkswagen diesel Polo motor vehicle powered by the company’s diesel fuel, 3,700 miles across Australia from east to west.

“This is a proud moment for the Linc Energy team,” said Bond. “The Jet A1 Dash demonstrates that jet fuel can be made from coal resources using processes such as Linc Energy’s UCG to GTL technology.”

Linc Energy’s synthetic fuel has the potential to be a part of the solution to the world’s energy security challenges. It has the additional benefit of being produced from billions of tons of stranded coal resources all over the world, creating the opportunity for billions of barrels of clean synthetic diesel and jet fuel that can feed the energy economy for generations. For more information visit www.lincenergy.com.