March 15, 2008: Dakota Refinery is Supposed to be 'Green,' but is it?

Hyperion Resources says that its oil refinery will be green-friendly in South Dakota, but others beg to differ.

Associated Press
Dakota Refinery is Supposed to be 'Green,' but is it?
By Dirk Lammers
March 15, 2008
http://lincolnjournalstar.com/articles/2008/03/1...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Texas company looking to build a $10 billion oil refinery in southeastern South Dakota has billed it as a “green refinery.”

But what does that mean? There’s little consensus.

On its Web site, Hyperion Resources describes the proposed Hyperion Energy Center as a “state-of-the-art” refinery and gasification power plant that “will rank among the cleanest, most environmentally friendly in the world.”

But a refinery choosing to process oil extracted from the Canadian tar sands can’t truly be “green,” according to Denny Larson, a California environmental advocate working to clean up U.S. oil refineries.