Companies team to churn fat into fuel

ConocoPhillips and Tyson will process beef, pork and chicken fat in an effort to create as much as 175 million gallons per year of biodiesel fuel.

NEW YORK (Reuters) — ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods Inc. plan to work together to produce biodiesel from animal fat, the companies said Monday.

They said they planned to process beef, pork and chicken fat from Tyson rendering plants at ConocoPhillips refineries to create transportation fuel.


ConocoPhillips, the third-largest U.S. oil company, said it will begin spending to prepare several refineries to process the fuel.

Tyson, the world’s largest chicken, beef and pork processor, said it will make capital improvements this summer at some of its rendering plants so it can start pre-processing animal fat.

Reuters