CITGO Progressing with $500 Million Ultra-Low-Sulfur-Diesel Project at Illinois Refinery

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--CITGO Petroleum Corporation (Houston, Texas) is progressing with an ultra-low-sulfur-diesel (ULSD) project at its refinery in Lemont, Illinois. The company is planning to install a 45,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) diesel hydrotreater with associated off-site utilities. Mustang Engineering (Houston, Texas) is performing engineering and procurement services for the project. The demolition portion of the project is expected to begin in mid-2008 with site preparation to begin by fall 2008. Construction is scheduled to be complete in 2010.

CITGO is a refiner and marketer of transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, refined waxes, asphalt and other industrial products. The company has three refinery locations: 440,000 BBL/d Lake Charles refinery; 157,000 BBL/d Corpus Christi refinery; and 159,000 BBL/d Lemont refinery. The CITGO refineries produce a wide range of gasoline to meet consumer demands. The locations produce 117 million barrels of gasoline, 61 million barrels of distillates and 25 million barrels of jet fuel per year.

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