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Kansas Defends Its Place In Refinery Enforcement Action
Law360 (April 29, 2021, 5:37 PM EDT) Kansas environmental regulators are defending the state s ability to participate in a long-running enforcement action against a CVR Energy Inc. subsidiary that owns an oil refinery in the state, which is again being accused of flouting pollution laws in violation of its operating permits.
On Wednesday the Kansas Department of Health and Environment fought a bid from CVR Energy s Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC to have the state and regulators claims for civil penalties thrown out. Coffeyville Resources is accused of failing to get its act together and continuing to violate state and federal environmental laws even after agreeing in.
CVR Energy selects Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology for revamp of Wynnewood refinery to renewable diesel, naphtha production
CVR Energy will base a revamp of its Wynnewood, Oklahoma, refinery on Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce approximately 100 million gallons of renewable diesel and more than 6 million gallons of renewable naphtha per year. Topsoe will deliver basic engineering, license, proprietary equipment and catalyst for HydroFlex.
Construction work has begun for the $110-million project, scheduled to be completed in July 2021.
The project will convert an existing hydrocracker for the production of low-carbon renewable diesel from soybean oil, resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to hydrocarbon diesel. The renewable diesel is expected to meet the ASTM D975 diesel specification and qualify for programs such as the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).