Parkland Corporation recently announced plans to increase renewable fuel production at its Burnaby Refinery in British Columbia.
Company officials said in a statement that this is one of many steps Parkland is taking to advance its commercial decarbonization strategy and provide its customers with a portfolio of low carbon products and services to help them meet their low carbon goals.
Parkland's plans include the expansion of its existing co-processing volumes to approximately 5,500 barrels per day, as well as building a stand-alone renewable diesel complex within the Burnaby Refinery capable of producing approximately 6,500 barrels per day of renewable diesel.
Renewable fuels produced through these plans will have one eighth of the carbon intensity of conventional fuels. They will reduce related greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 2 megatonnes per year. In addition, Parkland is designing the stand-alone renewable diesel complex to ensure it does not increase emissions from the Burnaby Refinery. Today's announcement follows collaboration with the Government of British Columbia (BC) and supports the Government’s ambition to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
We currently estimate that these projects will require an investment of approximately $600 million, with the majority of capital investment expected to be deployed in 2024 and 2025. Parkland has received BC Government support for over 40 per cent of the project costs in the form of BC Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Compliance Credits.
"I applaud the Government of British Columbia for their vision and support of these innovative projects,” said Bob Espey, president and CEO of Parkland. “This announcement advances our decarbonization strategy and our commitment to provide customers with low carbon choices which help them meet their environmental goals. Renewable fuels play a critical role in Canada’s climate ambitions by enabling customers to reduce their carbon footprint using their existing vehicle.”
"Parkland's plans to increase our province’s renewable fuel capabilities support our Clean BC targets," said The Hon. Bruce Ralston, minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation. "This is a big step forward in our transition to a lower-carbon economy. Harnessing Parkland’s technical expertise and infrastructure to lower the environmental impact of our transportation is something we can be proud of. When combined with BC’s other sources of renewable power and efforts to electrify the passenger vehicle fleet, we continue to set the bar for Canada."
These plans will have a positive impact on employment in British Columbia and are expected to directly create up to 1,000 high-quality, family sustaining jobs during the construction phase. Following stakeholder consultation, we aim to make a final investment decision in the second half of 2023, with production expected to commence in 2026. We are currently assessing the feasibility and availability of financial support to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel as part of these plans, in support of decarbonizing Canada’s aviation sector.
