The SAF Podcast

In this episode of The SAF Podcast, host Oscar sits down with Chris Chaput — a former Northwest Airlines executive, Morgan Stanley investment banker, and airline restructuring specialist — to unpack how DG Fuels is not just developing a SAF project, but a SAF platform.
We cover:
DG Fuels' gasification-to-Fischer-Tropsch technology and their patented 97–98% carbon conversion efficiency
How strategically building your partners (Johnson Matthey, Honeywell, NextChem) and EPC (Samsung & Black & Veatch) underwrites bankability and execution.
Why their Louisiana facility on the Mississippi River is strategically positioned for both US and European markets
Long-term offtake agreements already signed with Delta, Air France, and KLM — and why demand outpaces what one facility can produce
How ~25% of their output may qualify as eSAF under EU RefuelEU regulations, unlocking premium pricing
The IRA tax credit landscape (45V, 45Q, 45Y), RINs, LCFS, and how DG Fuels' revenue stack holds up under policy uncertainty
A $750M equity raise, FID targets for 2025, and what it means to build a SAF platform — not just a project
Why resilience has been their biggest challenge, and their greatest achievement
This is a fascinating discussion and highlights how both strategy and strong identity makes a strong prospect in SAF.

This week's episode of The SAF Podcast sees Clive Gibson and Connie Lo from FGE NexantECA join Oscar.
This episode is a must listen if you want a blueprint of how to develop a SAF project, what separates investable SAF projects from optimistic slide decks.
Hot off the back of FGE NexantECA's feasibility study with Fathopes Energy completing. Clive breaks down feasibility as a set of parallel workstreams—commercial, technical, ESG, and funding—designed to converge on a real FID, not just a “bankable” buzzword.
Connie also highlights technologies that she is excited about and why strategically locating projects that align technology and feedstock is so vital. 
We also discuss the benefits of vertically integrating facilities, the requirements of ecosystem alignment are important to acceleration, and the need to address fragmented registries for transparent emissions reporting. 
We end by finding out where the exciting regions are for Clive and Connie (spoiler alert - there are a lot of them!) and what makes them so exciting. 
If you enjoyed this you can hear more from FGE NexantECA as Clive will be speaking at SAF Investor London, running on the 24th-25th February. He will be joining our panel looking at balancing regional and global development. 
We will also be joined by Clive's Colleague Mais Haddadin who will be moderating a panel on Governments crowding in capital with speakers from Austrade, Green Finance Institute, UK Export Finance and UK National Wealth Fund. 
Both should be fantastic discussions so, if you enjoyed the podcast join us in London. To find out more click here: https://www.safinvestor.com/event/148588/saf-investor-london-2026-2/

This week Dana Shoukroun, Invest Through Flying is our guest on The SAF Podcast. 
The conversation is a wide ranging one covering the cost of compliance, why purchasing SAF now will pay dividends in the future and how growing SAF has to go beyond what is dictated by EU Mandates. We also find out which scientists need lab coats.
We move onto the potential of nuclear as an energy source for synthetic SAF production. Dana explains the exciting potential and we discuss the obvious challenges it faces in terms of regulation and public opinion. 
We finish this episode with some Any Other Business looking at what in the industry current is getting Dana's goat and what she is excited about. 
Hope you enjoy and if you want to hear more from Dana you can at SAF Investor London on the 24th-25th February, find out more here: https://www.safinvestor.com/event/148588/saf-investor-london-2026-2/

This week Natasha Mann, Future Energy Global (FEG) comes back on the Podcast to discuss her busy last few years, we wrap up SAF in 2025 and look forward to what to expect from 2026. 
We begin by looking at all the deals FEG have signed over the last two since since its founding in 2024. Offtakes with corporates and airlines, the importance of voluntary scope 3 customers to industry scale, how aggregating demand is a crucial component of scaling SAF production and availability globally, and how this can only grow if the supply chain for the scope 1 emissions is also in place. 
Natasha gives her rating out of 10 for the SAF industry in 2025, shares some of her highlights from the year and the headwinds that the industry had to work against, especially in the US. We also attempt to pin her down on her favourite region in 2025. Have to listen to find out what she chose. 
We end the episode with a look at 2026, what we can expect from FEG in 2026 and her expectations for global industry development in the year ahead. Natasha also gives us her New Year's resolutions for 2026.  
You can catch more of Future Energy Global at SAF Investor London on the 24th-25th February, so if you are a producer, airline, corporate customer is a great place to connect with their team. Find out more here: https://www.safinvestor.com/event/148588/saf-investor-london-2026-2/

In this episode of The SAF Podcast, Oscar is joined by Mike Fulton, Project Aircraft Engineer at FedEx and widely known as “The SAF Guy,” for a deep-dive conversation on how one of the world’s largest cargo airlines is approaching sustainable aviation fuel at scale.
With more than 700 aircraft, making it the world's largest dedicated cargo fleet. Operations in over 220 countries, and aviation responsible for around 80% of its carbon footprint, FedEx sits at the sharp end of aviation decarbonisation. Mike explains how SAF fits into FedEx’s broader goal of achieving carbon-neutral operations by 2040, alongside fleet modernisation, operational efficiency and the use of durable carbon solutions.
The discussion explores FedEx’s recent SAF offtake agreements in the United States, including partnerships at Los Angeles, Chicago O’Hare and Miami, and why higher SAF blending percentages deliver both greater carbon reductions and more favourable economics. Mike also offers rare insight into the realities of SAF pricing, fuel cost sensitivity, and why long-term offtake agreements alone have not been enough to unlock widespread project finance.
Listeners will gain a candid perspective on why brownfield conversions are currently outperforming greenfield SAF projects, how supply-chain risk is managed, and the growing importance of carbon “insets” and environmental attributes for corporate customers.