On December 21st PBF Holding Co. LLC and Delaware City Refining Company LLC announced that they will built the PBF Clean Fuels Project. PBF’s Board of Directors conditionally approved the construction of the USD 1 billion project consisting of a mild hydrocracker and hydrogen plant which will be built at its Delaware City Refinery.
The construction period will last approximately three years and when completed will process streams from both the Delaware City refinery and PBF’s Paulsboro, NJ refinery.
The construction period will last approximately three years and when completed will process streams from both the Delaware City refinery and PBF’s Paulsboro, NJ refinery.
The mild hydrocracker will reduce the sulfur content by 99% in approximately 65,000bpd of distillate production from 2000 parts per million of sulfur to less than 15 parts per million of sulfur, resulting in a reduction of over 6500tns/yr of sulfur dioxide emissions.
In addition, the mild hydrocracker will enable the refinery to process a heavier crude slate while producing a greater volume of clean transportation fuels with an emphasis on increasing distillate production.