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ConocoPhillips has struck a deal with US food giant Tyson Foods to convert beef , pork and chicken fat from Tyson rendering plants into an ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel at Conoco refineries, starting with the Borger plant in Texas. Production is expected to begin later this year, ramping up over the next 18 months to 175 million gallons annually, or 11,400 b/d, aided by a $1/gallon tax credit. The total is equivalent to roughly 3% of Conoco’s current diesel production in the US. Conoco expects to spend about $100 million on the initiative over the next three to five years, Tyson a bit less. Only a very small percentage of the biodiesel currently produced in the US comes from animal fat; the main feedstock is soybean oil. Conoco already produces biodiesel from soybeans at its Whitegate refinery in Ireland, where output now averages 1,000 b/d. The US major last week threw its support behind the US Climate Action Partnership, a group of big businesses and nonprofit groups seeking federal legislation to curb emissions (EC Apr.13,p11).
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