Renewable Diesel Production Facility Grows Closer to Reality for Port Arthur
by Monique Batson (The News) A new renewable diesel production facility first proposed in 2020 is one step closer to becoming a reality after the Port Arthur city council authorized the city manager to execute an industrial district agreement with the company.
Emerald Biofuels, LLC. announced in April 2020 its intention to build a $315 million facility at the GT OmniPort site on Texas 73, which would require 50 full-time employees once operations began.
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According to the resolution approving the agreement, the facility, which will be built on an 18.71-acre plot, will convert “approximately 7,865 barrels per day of pretreated solid waste into approximately 105 million gallons per year of renewable diesel fuel and approximately 20 million gallons per year of naphtha, liquefied petroleum gas, lean gas and soap stocks.”
The pretreated solid waste is listed as predominantly waste fats, oils greases and other agricultural oils. READ MORE; includes AUDIO