By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 23 -- UniPure Corp., Houston, said it has successfully produced diesel fuel containing sulfur levels below 15 ppm at its demonstration plant at Valero Energy Corp.'s refinery in Krotz Springs, La.
The plant was built to prove UniPure's technology, which will enable refiners and fuel product marketers to meet ultra low sulfur levels for diesel fuels.
UniPure did not specify the sulfur level attained except to say that it was "at levels well below" 15 ppm.
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations require that refiners and fuel marketers produce diesel with a maximum sulfur level of 15 ppm by mid-2006 (OGJ, June 23, 2003, p. 38).
UniPure said it expects to make its advanced sulfur removal process commercially available by fall.
