Shell's 1st US RNG facility enters operation

Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell Plc (AMS:RDSA) on Tuesday said it has started production of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Oregon at its first such plant in the US.

The facility, Shell New Energies Junction City, is designed to produce 736,000 metric million british thermal units (MMBtu) of RNG a year from locally sourced cow manure and excess agricultural residues.

The plant is part of Shell's portfolio of RNG production and distribution assets that will supply renewable compressed natural gas as fuel for heavy-duty, on-road transport.

The company is developing other facilities located within operating dairies, including two in Kansas and Idaho, which together will produce about 900,000 MMBtu a year.

The three facilities will supply fueling sites planned at Shell's product distribution complexes in Carson, Van Nuys, Signal Hill, and San Jose, California and a terminal in Portland, Oregon.

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