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Revamped hydrotreater co-processes light gas oil and tall oil derivative to produce ULSD

| By Gerald Parkinson

Co-processing of biomass-derived feed with petroleum feed for the production of diesel fuel is a tricky business, given that the former (unlike petroleum) contains oxygen. The oxygenates can be removed by hydrotreating, which converts the biofeed to normal…