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Type	TRL 9 Commercial
Technology	Hydrotreatment
Technology additional information	Co-processing Biomass-based feedstocks
Raw Material	oilcrops, oils and fats
Input 1	Vegetable oils
Input 2	Rendered animal fats
Output 1	renewable diesel (HVO) (320,000 t/y )
Output additional information	109 MGPY

Technology Brief	In 2018, our Cherry Point refinery became the first refinery in the Pacific Northwest to manufacture renewable diesel fuel by co-processing biomass-based feedstocks alongside traditional feedstocks. This project has helped bp reduce the CO₂ emissions from our Cherry Point diesel. Cherry Point can process roughly 250,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and it is the biggest supplier of jet fuel to the Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver International airports. In 2019, bp completed a 22-month modernization project at Cherry Point to help reduce source emissions and improve efficiency.
Additional Information	There is a planned Renewable Diesel Optimization (announced 2021). The Renewable Diesel Optimization (RDO) project is a $45m dollar investment that will more than double the refinery’s renewable diesel production capability to an estimated 2.6 million barrels a year. Renewable diesel is manufactured from biomass-based feedstocks, such as vegetable oils and rendered animal fats. The increased production capability from the RDO project is expected to reduce the CO2 emissions resulting from the diesel produced by Cherry Point by approximately 400,000 - 600,000 tons per year.3

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