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Greenhouse gases are the leading contributors of climate change. The global rise of CO 2 over the years, has urged an interest in government and researchers to find means of CO 2 mitigation. Research has found that advanced biofuels can reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 90%. Advanced biofuels can be produced from various routes, such as pyrolysis, gasification and torrefaction–with each route having limitations that hinder commercialization. A major limitation of pyrolysis-based advanced fuels also known as pyrolysis fuels, is their excessive cost of production due to their oxygenated structure; hence, their inability to be an infrastructure compatible market-ready fuel. In order to overcome this limitation, there is the need to deoxygenate the pyrolysis fuel.