CVR Energy owners of the Coffeyville refinery, is moving quickly ahead after its board of directors approved a $110 million renewable diesel project at its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. okenergytoday.com reports the refinery’s hydrocracker unit will be converted for the production of renewable diesel.
 

While approval from the board was announced last week, construction activities including engineering design had been underway. CVR Energy hopes to have the conversion complete and operational by July of 2021. The conversion effort should result in the production of nearly 100 million gallons of renewable diesel a year and more than 6 million gallons of renewable naphtha a year.