renewable diesel

Refining heavyweight Valero Energy Corp. ended 2021 with gasoline demand at pre-pandemic levels and diesel demand higher than pre-pandemic levels across its system, CEO Joe Gorder said Thursday. “We also saw a significant jet fuel recovery as domestic and international travel opened up, increasing from approximately 60% of pre-pandemic levels at the beginning of the…

The Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, LA, and Strategic Biofuels LLC jointly announced the port has received a $15 million grant to improve the port’s accessibility and infrastructure in preparation for the Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) renewable diesel plant.  The grant is from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) through its Louisiana…

Montana Renewables LLC (MRL) has closed $50 million of project financing to build a renewable hydrogen plant to increase renewable diesel output from its Great Falls, MT, refinery.  MRL’s parent company is Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP. “Once complete, the renewable hydrogen plant will allow increased production of renewable diesel and further reduce the carbon…

Utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) will help Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. (GCEH) lower its operating costs and carbon footprint at GCEH’s Bakersfield Renewable Diesel Refinery in California. Under a newly signed master services agreement, PG&E will identify, design and implement “behind the meter” renewable generation and energy management projects at the California…

Management of refining giant Valero Energy Corp. painted a bullish picture for oil products demand on Thursday, citing low inventories and surging global natural gas prices among factors boosting healthy crack spreads for U.S. refineries. “Refining margins were supported by strong recovery in product demand coupled with product inventories falling to low levels during the…

BP plc is pouring $269 million into three projects at its Cherry Point Refinery in Washington to improve efficiencies, reduce emissions and increase renewable diesel production capability. The projects, slated to create 200-plus construction jobs, 25 engineering jobs and 40 support roles, align with the integrated energy major’s goal to be net zero emissions across…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) is partnering with Neste to create a raw material storage and logistics hub at its Harvey, LA, terminal. The hub is to be used to help ramp up production of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable feedstock for polymers and chemicals. Neste would store a variety of raw materials…

Imperial Oil Ltd.’s Strathcona refinery in Edmonton is looking to add up to 20,000 b/d of renewable diesel to the mix as soon as 2024, enabling emissions from Canada’s transport sector to decline by as much as 3 million metric tons/year. The ExxonMobil affiliate’s complex as designed would use locally grown plant-based feedstock and hydrogen…

PBF Energy Inc. may convert an idled hydrocracker unit at its Chalmette refinery near New Orleans into a renewable diesel production complex, which could expand the job force and other opportunities. The refining giant said it may invest $550 million to retrofit one hydrocracker unit that has been out of operation since 2010. Also being…