Chalmette is a renewable diesel plant integrated with an existing refinery in Louisiana in the US.
The renewable diesel plant is co-owned by PBF and ENI.
The plant is located inside the PBF Chalmette refinery and was developed by converting an idled hydrocracker.
306 mga/y capacity
Uses idled hydrocracker and spare hydrogen production capacity in the existing refinery
Adding a new pre-treatment unit
Use Honeywell Ecofining technology
Total project cost of $700M
2021 - Feasibility study began
2023 - Hydrocracker conversion completed. Pre-treatment plant expected to start up by EOY.