The buyer of a southeast Louisiana oil refinery shuttered three years ago after storm damage filed a permit that, if granted, could allow it to restart the facility.

On June 3, 2024, Harvest Louisiana Terminals applied to renew operating permits for units that produce gasoline and jet fuel at the former Phillips 66 refinery in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, along the Mississippi River south of New Orleans.

After the refinery sustained severe damage from Hurricane Ida in 2021, Phillips 66 announced it would convert the facility to an oil export terminal. It then sold the terminal to Harvest Louisiana Terminals in 2023. Renewing its operating permits would allow the facility to begin refining crude oil again.