Meridian Energy’s Davis Refinery incorporates renewable feedstock processing

In North Dakota, Davis Refinery is a fully-permitted 49,500-bpd, innovative, greenfield refinery being built in Belfield, North Dakota that will utilize state-of-the-art environmental technology and controls to produce ultra clean transportation fuels for local and regional sales. In developing and permitting the Davis Refinery, Meridian developed substantial intellectual property for small full-conversion refineries that can achieve permitting for air quality purposes as a Synthetic Minor Source, utilizing local crude oil sources to meet the demand for clean fuels which meet all current and foreseen EPA standards.

Meridian has been working to complete integrated design of Davis such that the purchase of Davis modules and equipment can proceed. As part of that effort, Meridian has made additional design modifications that are responsive to the evolving marketplace for clean fuels and the energy transition. From the early development of the project, the design for Davis has incorporated vegetable oil co-processing to comply with the EPA’s Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). As the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) under the RFS has increased, Meridian has explored the limits of this process with Meridian’s process licensor, Axens NA, utilizing the Axens Vegan® technology.