ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ ĚŝĞƐĞů ďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌLJ͘ DĂƌĂƚŚŽŶ ĞdžƉĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ
facility to start producing renewable diesel in 2022, with plans
to hit full capacity in 2023. Engineering work is underway
and permits have been applied for. At full capacity, the
plant should churn out about 730 mgy of renewable fuels—
mostly renewable diesel—from animal fats, soybean oil, and
corn oil. The company also indicated its Dickinson, North
ĂŬŽƚĂ͕ďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌLJǁŝůůďĞƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞůĂƚĨƵůů
capacity—184 mgy—by end of March 2020.
Phillips 66 said the diesel hydrotreater conversion at its
ZŽĚĞŽ͕ĂůŝĨŽƌŶŝĂ͕ƌĞĮŶĞƌLJŶĞĂƌ^ĂŶ&ƌĂŶĐŝƐĐŽǁŝůůďĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ
midyear and capable of manufacturing 120 mgy of renewable
ĚŝĞƐĞů͘dŚĞŽŝůĐŽŵƉĂŶLJĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞƐĨƵůůĐŽŶǀĞƌƐŝŽŶŽĨƚŚĞƐŝƚĞ
ƚŽďĞĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞŝŶϮϬϮϰ͕ĂůůŽǁŝŶŐƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŽĨƵƉƚŽϴϬϬŵŐLJ
of renewable diesel from UCO, fats, greases, and soybean oil.
Calumet Specialty Products is interested in making
ƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ ĚŝĞƐĞů Ăƚ ŝƚƐ 'ƌĞĂƚ &ĂůůƐ͕ DŽŶƚĂŶĂ͕ ƉĞƚƌŽůĞƵŵ
ƌĞĮŶĞƌLJ͘dŚĞĐŽŵƉĂŶLJŝƐƐĞĞŬŝŶŐĂŶĞƋƵŝƚLJŝŶǀĞƐƚŽƌĨŽƌƚŚĞ
endeavor, such as a strategic partner needing a supply of
renewable diesel. In February, the company said it could
ƵƟůŝnjĞŝƚƐŽǀĞƌƐŝnjĞĚŚLJĚƌŽĐƌĂĐŬĞƌƚŽƉƌŽĐĞƐƐƵƉƚŽϭϴϰŵŐLJŽĨ
renewable feedstock. Calumet, however, does not yet know
ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌŝƚǁŝůůƵƐĞŽŝůƐĞĞĚĨĞĞĚƐƚŽĐŬŽƌĂŶŝŵĂůĨĂƚƐ͘dŚĞƌĞĮŶĞƌ
indicated if a strategic partner has or can get access to animal
ĨĂƚƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ͕ƚŚĞŶĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂůĞdžƉĞŶĚŝƚƵƌĞƐǁŽƵůĚďĞŶĞĞĚĞĚ
to construct a pretreatment facility. Despite these project
ƵŶĐĞƌƚĂŝŶƟĞƐ͕ĂůƵŵĞƚƐĂŝĚŝƚŵĂLJďĞŐŝŶƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŶŐƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞ
feedstock as soon as early 2022.
The government of Bolivia announced in March the
ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶŽĨĂƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞůƉůĂŶƚŝŶ^ĂŶƚĂƌƵnj͘dŚĞ
ƉůĂŶƚǁŝůůďĞůŽĐĂƚĞĚĂƚƚŚĞ'ƵŝůůĞƌŵŽůĚĞƌĞůůƌĞĮŶĞƌLJĂŶĚ
will produce about 138 mgy from vegetable oils, animal fats,
and UCO, and boost the national economy through UCO
ĐŽůůĞĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚǁŝůůŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞũŽďŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƚŽ
the government.
ƌĂnjŝůͲďĂƐĞĚ'ƌŽƵƉ͕ŽǁŶĞƌŽĨƚŚĞůĂƌŐĞͲƐĐĂůĞKŵĞŐĂ
'ƌĞĞŶƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞůƉƌŽũĞĐƚŝŶWĂƌĂŐƵĂLJ͕ŚĂƐĞdžĞĐƵƚĞĚƚǁŽ
ŵƵůƟLJĞĂƌŽŏĂŬĞĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚŽŝůŵĂũŽƌƐWĂŶĚ^ŚĞůů͕
ďŽƚŚƚŽďĞŐŝŶŝŶϮϬϮϰǁŚĞŶƚŚĞƉůĂŶƚŝƐĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽŽƉĞŶ͘dŚĞ
ĐŽŵƉůĞdžǁŝůůƉƌŽĚƵĐĞŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶϯϬϬŵŐLJŽĨƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞů͕
ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞĂǀŝĂƟŽŶĨƵĞů͕ĂŶĚŐƌĞĞŶŶĂƉŚƚŚĂ͘'ƌŽƵƉƉůĂŶƐ
ƚŽƵƟůŝnjĞƐŽLJďĞĂŶŽŝů͕ĂŶŝŵĂůĨĂƚƐ͕ĂŶĚhKĂƐĨĞĞĚƐƚŽĐŬ͘
DĂŝƌĞdĞĐŶŝŵŽŶƚ^͘Ɖ͘͘ƐƵďƐŝĚŝĂƌLJEĞdžƚŚĞŵĂŶĚƐƐĞŶƟĂů
Energy USA Corp. recently signed a front-end engineering design
ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚĂŶĚŵĞŵŽƌĂŶĚƵŵŽĨƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐĨŽƌĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ
ŽĨĂŶĞǁƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞůĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJĂƚĂŶƵŶĚŝƐĐůŽƐĞĚůŽĐĂƟŽŶ
ŝŶ^ŽƵƚŚŵĞƌŝĐĂ͘dŚĞŶĞǁďŝŽƌĞĮŶĞƌLJŝƐĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ
ĂƉƉƌŽdžŝŵĂƚĞůLJϲϱŵŐLJŽĨƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞůĨƌŽŵǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞŽŝůƐ͕
ƌĞĐLJĐůĞĚŐƌĞĂƐĞƐ͕ĂŶĚƚĂůůŽǁ͘ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶŝƐĂŶƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĚƚŽďĞ
complete in 2023.
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based feedstock storage for fuels like biodiesel, renewable
ĚŝĞƐĞů͕ĂŶĚƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďůĞĂǀŝĂƟŽŶĨƵĞůĂƚƚŚĞWŽƌƚŽĨZŽƩĞƌĚĂŵ͘
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gallons will be built at Vopak Terminal Vlaardingen. The
feedstocks to be stored include UCO and tallow. R
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