Canadian energy company Imperial Oil’s Strathcona renewable diesel project is set to become operational in mid-2025, according to a Biodiesel magazine report quoting the company’s chairman, president and CEO Brad Corson.
Speaking during a fourth quarter earnings call, Corson said construction of the facility near Edmonton, Alberta, was expected to be completed during the second quarter, with initial production starting mid-year.
Once fully operational, the plant was expected to have the capacity to produce more than 1bn litres/year (264.17M gallons) of renewable diesel, the 3 February report said.
Imperial initially announced plans to build the 20,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery in mid-2021, with a final investment decision taken in January 2023 and construction starting soon after.
According to its website, Imperial Oil has upstream operations in Alberta and the Northwest Territories, refining activities in Alberta and Ontario, 21 terminals across Canada and more than 2,000 Esso and Mobil stations.
