Happy Thursday! We thought at first the rain was coming back, but the beautiful blue sky outside is a welcoming sight!
Did anyone read The Houston
Chronicle’s First Draft Newsletter on June 11, 2024, their
article titled, “Houston energy company to build largest new refinery in 50
years”? This article is in regard to Element Fuels Holdings, LLC will be
building a new next- gen refinery in the Port of Brownsville, Texas, and it is
the biggest refinery constructed in a half century. Element Fuels will be investing
between $3 to $4 billion on their 160,000 b/d of low carbon petroleum-based
fuels refinery which is expecting to use U.S. shale. U.S. shale is a light crude which the existing
refineries are not designed to process as well, if at all. The refinery will be constructed in 3 stages,
and it will be unique by having its own power plant which will use hydrogen turbines,
and it will include carbon capture and storage (CCS) to cut back further on its
emissions. The first stage Element
Fuels will build is a naphtha hydrotreater and reformer, and construct its
own power plant, and CCS to catch emissions.
The next construction stage Element Fuels will build a crude
distillate unit and diesel hydrotreater.
The final stage of the refinery Element Fuels will decide how to
make biofuels from their surplus of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the plant.
They have already started with site prep
and pre-construction The Brownsville economy will be gaining around 1,000 additional
positions. This refinery is good news to
the U.S. and the Brownsville area. If
you would like to read more of the article from The Houston Chronicle for free
from Microsoft Start, please click the link: Houston energy company to build largest new refinery in half
a century (msn.com).
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into how to transport your liquid product from your terminal and reduce your
emissions to spearhead your company’s goal of becoming carbon neutral, contact
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