Shell New Energies Junction City, Biomethane Facility

Shell New Energies Junction City in Oregon uses locally-sourced cow manure and excess agricultural residues from grass and wheat straw to produce approximately 736,000 MMBtu a year of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). RNG, or biomethane, is a pipeline-quality gas that is fully interchangeable with conventional natural gas and thus can be used in natural gas vehicles.
Shell New Energies Junction City in Oregon uses locally-sourced cow manure and excess agricultural residues from grass and wheat straw to produce approximately 736,000 MMBtu a year of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). RNG, or biomethane, is a pipeline-quality gas that is fully interchangeable with conventional natural gas and thus can be used in natural gas vehicles.

Shell’s first US renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Junction City, Oregon, uses locally sourced cow manure and agricultural residues to produce 2,650 scfm of biogas, upgraded to approximately 736,000 MMBtu a year of RNG.

RNG, or biomethane, is a pipeline-quality gas that is fully interchangeable with conventional natural gas and thus can be used in natural gas vehicles. The use of RNG in the form of compressed natural gas (R-CNG) can reduce CO2 emissions from around 50 percent to 100 percent compared to fossil fuels. Encouraged by government policies, demand for RNG is increasing in transport sectors such as road and marine. Establishing a business in the production and supply of RNG allows Shell to continue providing customers with the fuels they need, not only today but in the future. 

Shell New Energies Junction City is part of a broader portfolio of anaerobic digestion projects in the US supporting the use of low carbon intensity R-CNG for on-road transport.

Learn more about how Shell is helping to lower transportation carbon emissions. 

Contact Shell New Energies, Junction City

Shell Downstream Bovarius, Biomethane Facility (Wendell, Idaho)

Shell is constructing a dairy manure to renewable natural gas (RNG) facility to be co-located at the Bettencourt Dairies in Wendell, Idaho.

Carson Renewable Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Site (Carson, California)

Shell plans to construct, own, and operate its first renewable compressed natural gas (R-CNG) fueling site in the US at its products distribution complex in Carson, California.

Shell Downstream Galloway, Biomethane Facility (Plains, Kansas)

Shell is constructing a dairy manure to renewable natural gas (RNG) facility to be co-located at the High Plains Ponderosa Dairy in Plains, Kansas.

Rows of plants to be used in the production of biofuels

Shell and Biolfuels

Shell’s biofuels portfolio is not just limited to production: Shell is one of the largest blenders and distributers of biofuels in the world. In 2018, Shell used around 9.5 billion litres of biofuels in the petrol and diesel sold worldwide.

Shell's Global Biofuels Portfolio