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PBF Energy and Eni form 50-50 JV for St. Bernard biorefinery; Eni to contribute up to $885M
PBF Energy Inc.
- Eni contributes $835M plus up to $50M milestone-based; PBF contributes biorefinery assets.
- Biorefinery capacity: 1.1M tonnes/yr raw materials, 306M gal/yr HVO diesel.
- Startup scheduled H1 2023; transaction expected to close Q2/Q3 2023.
- JV will use Ecofining technology developed by Eni and Honeywell UOP.
- PBF will manage project execution and serve as operator post-construction.