Flint Hills Resources to Embark on $400m Improvement Plan
The improvements are expected to improve reliability, reduce key emissions and improve the refinery’s ability to convert crude oil into transportation fuel.
Editor's note: The following is a prepared statement from Flint Hills Resources. Flint Hills Resources announced Friday that it plans to make improvements to several processing units at its Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount. The proposed projects, estimated at approximately $400 million, are expected to improve reliability, reduce key emissions and improve the refinery’s ability to convert crude oil into transportation fuel. The projects involve replacing three less-efficient heaters with two new state-of-the-art heaters, upgrading an existing process heater, and making improvements to the refinery’s cooling towers. The new and modified heaters will include best available control equipment for nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and use cleaner…
