Dickinson (RD plant)
Formerly known as:
Dickinson refinery
Dickinson is a renewable diesel plant located in Dickinson, North Dakota in the US.
The plant is owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum.
The plant was converted from a refinery to a renewable diesel plant.
Plant description
Total capacity of 19 kbpd (184 mga/y)
Converted existing hydrotreater (8 kbpd) to process renewable diesel
Added new renewable diesel unit (10 kbpd)
Added hydrogen production unit
$455 Million cost of conversion
Uses Hydroflex process from Haldor Topsoe
Supplied by pre-treatment plants in Nebraska and North Dakota (under development)
Feed is distillers corn oil, soybean oil and rendered fats
Plant history
2016 - Built by MDU Resources and Calumet
2016 - Acquired by Tesoro
2017 - Name changed to Andeavor
2018 - Andeavor merged into Marathon Petroleum
2018 – completion of converting existing hydrotreater to co-process vegetable oils
2019 – Contracts awarded for new units
2020 – Acquired pre-treatment facility in Beatrice Nebraska (50 Mga/y)
2020 – project completed and started up at 12 kbpd
2021 – formed JV with ADM to build a 5 kbpd soybean crushing plant in Spiritwood, ND
2022 – Started up Cincinati pre-treatment plant to provide 2 kbpd of feed to Dickinson