Flint Hills Resources | Pine Bend Refinery SAF Upgrade

Overview

Status

Greenfield

Region

North America

Geography

USA

State

Minnesota

Equity Owner

Delta, Koch Industries

Proponent

Delta, Flint Hills Resources (Koch Industries)

Output

SAF blending

Type of electricty

Capacity

SAF blending: 30 million gallons

Financing

Technology

Technical Advisors

Advisors

Project Contact

Peter Carter, Delta’s executive vice president of External Affairs

Lawyers

Project Cost

Offtaker

Commercial Operations Date

2025

Decommission Date

FID

Description

Delta and Flint Hills Resources are in the early stages of developing a facility to blend up to 30 million gallons of neat SAF at its Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota.

The facility is likely to be the first between the coasts that can blend neat SAF with conventional jet fuel.

Shell will supply the neat SAF. Flint Hills will blend the jet fuel it produces with the neat SAF and will deliver via Flint Hills’ existing pipeline to MSP.

The facility is expected to be completed in late 2025.

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