Hyperion Employees Pitch in on Earth Day
April 22, 2008

ELK POINT, S.D. –

In observance of Earth Day, Hyperion officials closed the Elk Point office today to allow employees to pick up trash along rural roads in Union County.

“This is one small thing we can do to help protect the environment in Union County and the region,” said Hyperion Project Executive Preston Phillips, who came to Elk Point to lead the local staff out to collect roadside trash. “It’s part of our commitment to be good neighbors.”

The Hyperion Energy Center will include a 400,000 barrel-per-day refinery producing ultralow sulfur gasoline and diesel and an IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle) power plant. The center will incorporate green principles in its every day functions and integrate only the most advanced commercially feasible emission control technologies in its operations, as spelled out in the company’s Green Charter.

“As our Green Charter dictates, we will provide Americans with the cleanest fuel, while having the least possible impact on the environment,” Phillips said.

Union County is one of the Midwestern sites in consideration for the Hyperion Energy Center.