Rodeo Renewed project - Phillips 66 to transform San Francisco refinery into world’s largest biorefinery


Type of post: NEWS. 

Phillips 66 has announced that it plans to reconfigure its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo (California) to produce renewable fuels. The plant would no longer produce fuels from crude oil, but instead would make fuels from used cooking oil, fats, greases and soybean oils. With 800 Mgal/year (around 2.5 Mtons/year), it will be the world’s largest facility of its kind. 
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Figure 1. Rodeo Renewed project - Phillips 66 to transform San Francisco refinery into world’s largest biorefinery 

Location

Rodeo (California).

Feedstocks

Used cooking oil, fats, greases and soybean oils.

Products and production capacity

680 Mgal annually of renewable diesel, renewable gasoline and sustainable jet fuel.

Combined with the production of renewable fuels from a project in development, the plant would produce greater than 800 Mgal (around 2.5 Mtons) per year of renewable fuels.

Employment effect

The plant will employ more than 400 people and require up to 500 jobs during the construction stage.

Expected start-up

If approved by Contra Costa County officials and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, renewable fuels production is expected to begin in early 2024.


The conversion is expected to significantly improve Rodeo’s profitability while lowering its operating costs. It is also foreseen to reduce the plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and enable Phillips 66 to cover its California Low-Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS) obligations. Phillips 66 will construct pre-treatment units, repurpose existing hydrocrackers and leverage existing logistical infrastructure to achieve the reconfiguration, which will yield 680 Mgal per year (44,000 barrels per day) of renewable transportation fuels. Rodeo already is adding 120 Mgal per year (8,000 BPD) of renewable diesel through a hydrotreater conversion project set for start-up by mid-2021. That project will use soybean oil as feedstock. 

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