Gevo Inc. has announced plans to work with South Hampton Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co, to build a hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant outside of Houston in Silsbee, Texas. This demonstration plant is expected to process up to 10,000 gallons/month of Gevo's isobutanol into a variety of renewable hydrocarbon materials including jet fuel for engine testing, isooctane for gasoline, isooctene and paraxylene for polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Gevo will supply other potential customers with material for product qualification and evaluation. The demonstration plant is slated for completion before the end of 2011. The contract between the companies is for two years with one-year extensions thereafter.
"This demonstration plant allows us to complete the value chain from isobutanol to renewable hydrocarbon fuels and chemical intermediates which is one of our key strategic objectives," said Patrick Gruber, Ph.D., CEO of Gevo. "With the operation of this plant, Gevo intends to demonstrate its fully integrated biorefinery -- going from renewable carbohydrates all the way to fungible hydrocarbon materials used across the refining and petrochemical industries. We expect this plant to showcase the value of our renewable hydrocarbons and drive future customer demand."South Hampton Resources, Inc. has contracted to provide Gevo with toll-manufacturing services at its Silsbee, TX facility and complete the final design and engineering package for the demonstration plant from preliminary plans supplied by Gevo.
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