Flint Hills Resources, Wichita KS, will increase its fuel storage capacity in Waco TX by about 40 percent in 2006 to better serve Central Texas fuel markets.
“With the addition of a new tank and truck-loading facilities, Flint Hills Resources is continuing its effort to address growing needs for fuels in Central Texas,” said Kim Penner, vice-president of Gulf Coast marketing for Flint Hills Resources. “This additional capacity also allows us to meet new fuel specifications in the Texas markets we serve.”
Flint Hills Resources provides an array of fuels, including low sulfur gasoline and diesel, for retail customers who provide fuel to Central Texas communities such as Waco, Temple, Killeen, Bryan, College Station, and Corsicana, among others. The company has been supplying fuel in these markets for more than 20 years.
The Waco expansion project is expected to be complete in the second half of 2006. The company, which owns a crude oil refining complex in Corpus Christi, pipelines and fuel terminals, is also building a new storage and distribution facility in Bastrop County TX to supply jet fuel to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.