Chevron Lummus successfully starts up ISOTERRA at Chevron’s El Segundo renewable fuel conversion project

In California, Chevron Lummus Global LLC announced the completion and successful startup of an ISOTERRA unit as part of Chevron’s renewable fuel conversion project at their El Segundo Refinery in Southern California.

The ISOTERRA unit leverages both the refinery’s existing assets and Chevron Lummus Global’s proprietary catalyst and reactor internals technology to achieve exceptional diesel yields. The conversion from a diesel hydrotreater (DHT) allowed for a quick turnaround of the existing unit, establishing El Segundo as Chevron’s first petroleum refinery with the flexibility to supply diesel fuel derived entirely from renewable or traditional feedstocks.