Diamond Green Diesel - Norco

A an undisclosed capacity renewable-fuels facility operated by Diamond Green Diesel in Norco, LA. Nelson Complexity 3.

Record

Rated capacity

— bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)

Nelson Complexity Index

3

Status

Renewable diesel

Operator

Diamond Green Diesel

Parent

Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC (NYSE:VLO/NYSE:DAR)

Supplier graph

bomforge.com/companies/diamond-green-diesel

Coordinates

29.9981, -90.4156

PADD

3

Feedstock slate

Primary grades

UCO, tallow, DCO, soybean oil

Product yield

Renewable diesel	85%
Renewable jet (SAF)	10%
Renewable naphtha	5%

Notes

World's largest renewable diesel facility. Capacity field held an implausible bpd value (likely million gallons per year); nulled pending verification 2026-07-25.

What coverage reports

1,758 days since one was reported

Shell Norco, Louisiana refinery to restart crude, gasoline, diesel units -sources
2021-10-28 · 1 publisher filed it

0 reported in 12 months

2024-092026-08

stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

1. 17 Apr 2026 Expansion Medium
   Saltchuk Marine and Harbor Docking & Towing Form Green Tug Towing Joint Venture, Begin Construction on Four Advanced Hybrid Escort Tugs to Serve Woodside Louisiana LNG
   Saltchuk · matched norco
2. 28 Oct 2021 Operations Medium
   Shell Norco, Louisiana refinery to restart crude, gasoline, diesel units -sources
   Reuters · matched norco

Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.