With $3.6 billion in facility-specific investment and more than 100 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The oil refining & fuels context.
Oil refining and fuels production tracks major U.S. facilities that turn hydrocarbons, renewable feedstocks, or synthetic processes into transport fuels, base oils, and related products. The category includes qualifying refinery investments and fuel-production plants, while excluding extraction, pipelines, terminals, storage, retail infrastructure, and power generation. These projects are capital-intensive industrial systems whose output reaches aviation, freight, manufacturing, and consumer fuel markets.
At a glance
- Company
- Cerilon
- Industry
- Oil Refining & Fuels
- Location
- Trenton, North Dakota
- Investment
- $3.60B
- Permanent jobs announced
- More than 100
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- Oct 14, 2021
- Opening timeline
- No current verified opening timeframe
- Added to tracker
- Aug 9, 2026
Official references
- Primary source https://www.cerilon.com/projects/
- Cerilon GTL ND Inc., CSEA application, October 31, 2023—estimated total project cost https://www.ndic.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Clean-Sustainable-Energy-Authority/Grant-Rounds--Final-Reports/Proposals/Grant-Rounds-9-1/C-5-K-Cerilon-GTL.pdf
- Cerilon, project overview—company targets for FID and startup https://www.cerilon.com/cerilon-project-overview/
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Cerilon GTL North Dakota, Trenton, ND." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/cerilon-gtl-north-dakota. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.