WAUPUN, WI (WTAQ) – A fuel company is planning to expand its terminal that serves Northeast Wisconsin.
Flint Hills Resources has announced a $20 million project to add three new bays to its Waupun facility, which two bays right now. The company is also spending $7 million to add a fifth bay at its facility in Junction City, which is near Stevens Point.
Flint Hills Resources says it supplies about one-third of the gasoline and diesel fuel used in Wisconsin. The expansions are expected to allow the company to supply at least 27,000 barrels, or 1.1 million gallons, per day to central and Northeast Wisconsin.
“We expect these projects will help us keep up with demand and improve our ability to serve our customers,” Brian Leigh, general manager of marketing for Flint Hills Resources in Wisconsin, said in a news release.
Construction on the Junction City expansion is expected to wrap up this fall. The Waupun expansion is expected to be completed by fall of next year. The terminals will remain open during construction.
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Flint Hills Resources also has fuel terminals in Milwaukee and McFarland, which is near Madison. It supplies its Wisconsin terminals from its refinery in St. Paul, Minnesota.
While gas prices this summer are the cheapest since 2005, supply in Northeast Wisconsin has been limited by the shutdown of the West Shore Pipe Line, which carries gas from Milwaukee to Green Bay.
