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| USA: July 11, 2002 | ||
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NEW YORK - Oil company Phillips Petroleum said this week it would build new sulfur removal technology (SRT) units at two of its refineries to comply with environmental fuel standards.
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Phillips will build its first "S Zorb-Diesel" unit at its Sweeny, Texas, refinery and its "second S Zorb-Gasoline" unit at its Ferndale, Wash., refinery, the company said in a statement. Applications for the technology at other Phillips refineries are being reviewed, including plans for S Zorb-Gasoline units at the Sweeny, Texas, refinery and the Bayway refinery in New Jersey. "Building these units will help position Phillips to comply well ahead of schedule with federal requirements for low sulfur gasoline and diesel," said Brian Evans, manager of fuels technology. Construction of both the S Zorb-Diesel unit at Sweeny and the S Zorb-Gasoline unit at Ferndale is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2003. S Zorb SRT was developed to help oil companies comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) and the European Commission's sulfur regulatory levels. Beginning in 2004, gasoline sold in the United States will have sulfur content phased down to an average of 30 parts per million (ppm).
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