# Waste oil to renewable diesel project aims to cut WA reliance on imported diesel

> Australian company Continual Renewable Ventures plans three facilities to convert waste oil, tallow and agricultural residues into hydrotreated vegetable oil renewable diesel, replicating a Nevada plant. The project comes as record diesel prices hit WA mining and agriculture amid the Middle East war.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-15T00:18:52.334Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/100290-waste-oil-to-renewable-diesel-project-aims-to-cut-wa-reliance-on-imported-diesel
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Tallow](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TALLOW.md)

## Why it matters

A new renewable diesel plant using tallow and waste oil would add demand for these fats in Australia, while high diesel prices raise input costs for feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲
- TALLOW: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2026-10-27 | [Oil Companies Warned Over Russian Diesel Imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/949-oil-companies-warned-over-russian-diesel-imports.md) | -3.9% | — |
| DIESEL | 2018-09-02 | [Why Diesel Prices Are Set To Soar \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63225-why-diesel-prices-are-set-to-soar-oilprice-com.md) | -0.9% | +7.6% |
| DIESEL | 2021-04-21 | [Renewable fuel requirements threaten to play bigger role in diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47457-renewable-fuel-requirements-threaten-to-play-bigger-role-in-diesel-price.md) | +1.6% | +9.6% |
| DIESEL | 2023-04-03 | [Why did OPEC cut oil production? Key reasons explained](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36321-why-did-opec-cut-oil-production-key-reasons-explained.md) | +2.0% | -10.0% |
| DIESEL | 2026-11-09 | [Diesel Subsidy Cut by One Peso to 1.59 Pesos per Liter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/89023-diesel-subsidy-cut-by-one-peso-to-1-59-pesos-per-liter.md) | -3.3% | — |

## Sources

- plusgj.com: https://plusgj.com/from-waste-oil-to-mining-fuel-the-company-aiming-to-cut-was-reliance-on-imported-diesel/

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