PORTSMOUTH, N.H., June 24, 2025 — Sprague Operating Resources LLC (“Sprague”), a leading provider of energy and materials handling services across the Northeast, today announced it has been selected by the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to supply renewable diesel (RD) for its marine fleet, including the iconic Staten Island Ferry. This significant contract marks a major step in New York City’s plan, announced in October 2024, to transition its marine vessels to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emission fuels.
“We are incredibly proud to partner with New York City and DCAS on this critical initiative,” said David Glendon, Chairman at Sprague. “Supplying renewable diesel for the city’s ferry fleet aligns perfectly with Sprague’s long-standing commitment to providing sustainable and renewable energy solutions. This contract is a testament to our team’s capabilities and our shared vision with the city of New York.”
RD is produced from renewable sources such as used cooking oil and waste fats that are refined to be chemically identical to traditional fossil-fuel diesel, so it can be used in existing diesel engines and infrastructure, like those on the Staten Island Ferry system. By changing their fuels to RD, the busiest municipal ferry system in the Nation will immediately lower lifecycle GHG emissions (up to 60 percent) as it carries over 24 million passengers each year.
“We congratulate Sprague and are excited to partner with them on this exciting initiative for New York City,” said Neal Sahni, General Manager of St. Bernard Renewables (a joint venture between PBF Energy and Enilive). “Delivering renewable fuels from our biorefinery on the Gulf Coast represents a key milestone for distributing our low carbon intensity fuels into the emerging Northeast renewable fuels market, which we are proud to supply.”
Sprague has a long history of introducing cleaner fuel solutions in NYC and across the Northeast and continues to expand its renewable diesel offerings to meet growing demand from transportation, marine, and heating customers throughout the region. Learn more about Sprague’s sustainability initiatives at www.spragueenergy.com/sustainability.
About Sprague Energy
Founded in 1870, and headquartered in Portsmouth, NH, Sprague Operating Resources LLC has a rich, 155-year history of delivering innovative energy solutions and material handling services to meet the ever-evolving needs of its commercial, industrial, wholesale, and government customers across the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Quebec. Sprague offers a diverse portfolio of products and services, including fuel storage, fuel delivery, electricity, material handling, material storage, natural gas, and solar. As a leader in sustainability, Sprague was the first petroleum company in the U.S. to be recognized as a BQ-9000 Certified Biodiesel Terminal Marketer and continues to drive innovation with low-carbon fuels like biodiesel and renewable diesel, wind component material handling through its terminals, and award-winning liquid tank roof-top solar energy systems. Learn more at: www.spragueenergy.com
About St. Bernard Renewables
St. Bernard Renewables, LLC (SBR) is a 50-50 joint venture between PBF Energy and Enilive, a company dedicated to mobility products and services. PBF Energy is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating, through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities in California, Delaware, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Ohio.
Enilive is a company dedicated to biorefining, biomethane production, and smart mobility solutions, including car sharing. Enilive distributes all energy carriers for mobility through its more than 5,000 Enilive Stations in Europe, where a wide range of products, including HVOlution biogenic fuel (100% Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil), are also produced in two biorefineries in Italy.
SBR currently operates a biorefinery with a processing capacity of over 300 million gallons per year of raw materials with full pretreatment capability. SBR’s biorefinery is co-located with PBF’s Chalmette Refinery in Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
