Crisafulli Government drives national first for renewable diesel

The funding partnership will support the modification of Ampol’s existing diesel hydrotreater to co-process conventional diesel, with biogenic feedstocks such as waste and plant oils and animal fats, to produce renewable fuel that can be used in any existing diesel engine.

Once complete, the project will enable the first sustainable domestic production of second-generation low carbon liquid fuels in Australia. 

The investment is one of the ways the Crisafulli Government is restoring Queensland’s ability to drill, refine and store fuel locally.

Together with progressing oil production from the Taroom Trough, unlocking more refinery capability and boosting fuel storage, the Crisafulli Government is delivering short, medium, and long-term measures to lock in fuel security for Queensland.

The project will initially be capable of producing up to 20 million litres of renewable diesel a year from 2028, processing 15 000 - 20 000 tpy of feedstock.

This investment presents a pathway to unlock future project stages that could produce up to 750 million l of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel by the early 2030s. 

The project also includes construction of a truck handling gantry, heated and insulated storage tanks with mixing/blending capability, a secondary tank containment system and system upgrades to process the feedstock.

The Deputy Premier has declared the initiative a Prescribed Project, which allows the Coordinator-General to streamline approvals. Construction is expected to begin by mid-2027 and will create 46 new jobs, including 40 construction and 6 operational.

The project is the first to be funded under the Crisafulli Government’s flagship AUSF$180.6 million Sovereign Industry Development Fund.

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