HF Sinclair Commenced Production of Renewable Diesel at The Artesia, New Mexico Renewable Diesel Facility
(Biofuels Central) HF Sinclair Commenced production of renewable diesel at the Artesia, New Mexico renewable diesel facility.
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The Cheyenne renewable diesel unit (“RDU”) was mechanically complete in the fourth quarter of 2021 and fully operational in the first quarter of 2022, the pre-treatment unit (“PTU”) at our Artesia, New Mexico facility was completed and fully operational in the first quarter of 2022 and the Artesia RDU was completed and fully operational in the second quarter of 2022.
Also, effective with the Sinclair acquisition that closed on March 14, 2022, the Renewables segment includes the Sinclair RDU.
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HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states.
HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,300 Sinclair branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country.
In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries.
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Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico.
HF Sinclair also owns a 47% limited partner interest and a non-economic general partner interest in Holly Energy Partners, L.P., a master limited partnership that provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to the petroleum industry, including HF Sinclair subsidiaries. READ MORE
HF Sinclair begins renewable diesel production in Artesia, New Mexico (Biobased Diesel Daily)
Excerpt from Biobased Diesel Daily: The renewable diesel unit (RDU) is “just coming on-stream now,” (HF Sinclair CEO Mike) Jennings said, adding that the unit will not hit its full run rate until the end of the third quarter.
The Artesia RDU is scaled to produce approximately 125 million gallons per year (mgy).
The company is processing refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) feedstock at its Artesia RDU until the recently completed on-site pretreatment unit is fully utilized.
Jennings said once the pretreatment unit is operating at capacity, HF Sinclair expects to run no more than half RBD feedstock through the Artesia RDU.
Rich Voliva, executive vice president and chief financial officer, added that the pretreatment unit provides the option to run up to 60-plus percent non-RBD feeds in Artesia.
The company’s renewable diesel operations in Cheyenne, Wyoming, started up earlier this year. The RDU in Cheyenne is scaled at 90 mgy.
Both Cheyenne and Artesia renewable diesel projects were launched by HollyFrontier before Sinclair’s acquisition of the company was first announced in August 2021. Sinclair’s acquisition of HollyFrontier and Holly Energy Partners was completed this March.
Before the acquisition was completed, Sinclair was moving forward with a 100-plus mgy feedstock pretreatment unit at its 117 mgy renewable diesel refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming.
“With all of our previously announced renewables projects complete, we will continue to ramp up production of these assets as we expect to reach full production levels by the end of the third quarter,” Jennings said. READ MORE
