ASTM Beginning Work on New Specification for Synthetic Jet Fuel

30 June 2008

The standards organization ASTM is beginning work on developing a specification for producing jet fuel with hydrocarbon components from non-conventional sources—i.e., synthetic.

The title and scope of the specification are under development with a new ASTM subcommittee, D02.JO.06, and will be initially characterized as work item WK20470. In the ASTM taxonomy, a Work Item (WK) may be a new standard or a revision to an existing standard that is under development by a committee.

The DO2.JO committee handles specifications for aviation fuels. The committee also has begun work on a specification for ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE) blending with aviation spark-ignition fuel (WK16902).