Chevron Corporation reported fourth quarter financial results on January 31st. During the earnings call, company officials confirmed that the renewable diesel expansion project at the biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana, is in the final stages of commissioning.
The Geismar expansion project has been moving forward for several years with plans to increase the plant’s renewable diesel capacity from 90 million gallons to 340 million gallons.
The plant was the first renewable diesel plant in the U.S. In 2008, Dynamic Fuels LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corp. broke ground on the former 75 MMgy plant, and the biorefinery came on line in 2010. in mid-2014, the Renewable Energy Group (REG) purchased the plant and held a grand opening in November of that year. In 2020, REG announced plans for an expansion, which began construction the following year, and was still in progress when Chevron acquired REG in mid-2022.