• CapEx: $1.1 billion
  • Jobs: 105 (50 direct, 55 permanent contract), 49 retained
  • Product: Renewable diesel fuel product using animal fats and used cooking oil as feedstock
  • Location: Norco, St. Charles Parish / Southeast Region
  • Project overview:
    • Valero Energy Corp. and partner Darling Ingredients Inc. will make a combined investment to expand their joint-venture renewable diesel refinery.
    • Darling Ingredients is a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bionutrients.
    • The refinery expansion will increase the site’s diesel production capacity by 400 million gallons a year.
    • When completed, the site will produce more than 675 million gallons annually.

Company website: DiamondGreenDiesel.com