Renewable diesel available to users in the South East

Renewable diesel is a paraffinic fuel chemically similar to conventional fossil fuel-based diesel but is instead derived from biomass sources such as used cooking oil, fats, greases and vegetable oils.

It has a significantly lower carbon intensity than fossil fuel.

The supplier said customers would benefit from gaining increased control over their fuel supplies, helping them service local authority contracts and road haulage requirements, amongst other increasing users of the product.

David Sharman, commercial sales and future fuels account manager and Phillips 66, said: “We are delighted to be expanding our offering of renewable diesel, particularly in the South East where our customers are seeing increasing demand.

“Our teams have the expertise and knowledge to source and sell this relatively new product, whilst also supporting our customers to navigate the many questions end users ask of them.”

Phillips 66 owns and operates the Humber Refinery in North Lincolnshire, which has a crude oil processing capacity of 221,000 barrels per day.