Phillips 66 on Oct. 27 confirmed the renewables conversion of its refinery in Rodeo, California, is progressing on schedule with startup anticipated in the course of the first quarter of 2024. As soon as totally operational, the ability could have the capability to supply greater than 50,000 barrels per day (800 MMgy) of renewable fuels.
The corporate made a last funding determination to maneuver ahead with the conversion challenge in Might 2022. At the moment Phillips 66 defined that the scope of the challenge consists of the development of pre-treatment models and the repurposing of present hydrocracking models to allow manufacturing of renewable fuels. As soon as totally operational, the ability is anticipated to supply renewable diesel, renewable gasoline and sustainable aviation gas (SAF).
The conversion challenge has been opposed by two environmental teams, which in June 2022 filed a lawsuit difficult Contra Costa County’s certification the challenge’s 2022 environmental impression report (EIR) and approval of the challenge. A Contra Costa County Superior Courtroom choose in July 2023 remanded to the county for reconsideration three points with the 2022 EIR and earlier this month reaffirmed that call, permitting the land use allow to stay in place and permitting challenge building actions to proceed. On Oct. 24, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors issued a revised EIR, which is topic to a remark interval that’s open via Dec. 8.
Wealthy Harbison, government vp of refining at Phillips 66, supplied an replace on the EIR throughout a 3rd quarter earnings name held Oct. 27. Noting that the remark interval on the revised EIR is already underway, Harbison mentioned Contra Costa County will reply to remark following the Dec. 8 deadline and is prone to difficulty a last EIR in early 2024. “So proper now, our challenge building stays on monitor to finish within the first quarter, and we’re dedicated to that timeline,” he mentioned, however added the corporate has choices and would have the pliability to proceed to course of crude oil on the facility within the occasion that circumstances past the corporate’s management stop startup of the biorefinery.
