renewable diesel

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…

A 171-acre site at the Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, LA, could be the site of a 32 million gallons/year renewable diesel plant, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday. Strategic Biofuels LLC CEO Paul Schubert, who joined Edwards in the announcement, said subsidiary Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) is developing the site on the Ouachita…