BP Unit Starts Massive Kansas Renewable Natural Gas Plant (1)

A BP Plc-owned company has started up a new renewable natural gas plant in Kansas that’s three times the size of a previous facility — adding to the British oil major’s prowess as the largest producer of the fuel in the US.

Archaea Energy’s plant in Shawnee, Kansas, can convert 9,600 cubic feet of landfill gas per minute into lower-carbon renewable natural gas, Archaea said in a Tuesday statement. The facility is located just outside of Kansas City next to a privately owned landfill.

BP bought Archaea Energy in 2022 as it expanded into lower-carbon fuels. Oil and gas ...