Norway: NEA investigation following doubts over feedstocks for advanced biofuels consumption

On March 13, 2024, the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) announced that an investigation would be carried out following an inspection which found that feedstock requirements were not met for advanced biofuels by a fuel supplier. Norway is not part of the European Union but follows EU regulations related to biofuels.

In the announcement, it was revealed that the American fuel supplier, Esso, misbranded biofuels produced from category 3 animal fat feedstocks as advanced biofuels. According to the Norwegian Regulation on restriction on the use of chemicals and other products that are hazardous to health and the environment (Product Regulation), advanced biofuels are defined as biofuels produced from raw m