Delta BioFuels begins production in Mississippi
May 25, 2007
Posted June 13, 2007, at 1:38 p.m. CDT
Delta BioFuels Inc. has begun biodiesel production at its recently completed facility located at Natchez, Miss. On line since May 8, the plant is operating a fully automated batch process production line capable of producing 18 MMgy. Work on the continuous flow production line capable of producing between 80 and 100 MMgy is ongoing. Aventine Renewable Energy Inc. will be Delta BioFuels' biodiesel marketer.
"This is the culmination of thousands of hours of hard work and dedication," said Delta BioFuels President Clint Vegas. "The Delta BioFuels team has worked relentlessly over the past year to get this plant up and runnning. The plant started up very quickly and smoothly, which gives me confidence in our ability to be a reliable supplier of the highest quality biodiesel on a global scale."
Delta BioFuels Chief Technical Officer Scott Nisula noted that the plant's step to batch production is today's news but that continuous flow production is the ultimate goal. "The high quality product we are producing right out of the starting gate is a testimony to the talents of the people that have worked so hard on this project," he said. "Now that we have passed the bath plant milestone, we are all very excited about making the leap into continuous flow operations later this summer."
Delta BioFuels Inc. has begun biodiesel production at its recently completed facility located at Natchez, Miss. On line since May 8, the plant is operating a fully automated batch process production line capable of producing 18 MMgy. Work on the continuous flow production line capable of producing between 80 and 100 MMgy is ongoing. Aventine Renewable Energy Inc. will be Delta BioFuels' biodiesel marketer.
"This is the culmination of thousands of hours of hard work and dedication," said Delta BioFuels President Clint Vegas. "The Delta BioFuels team has worked relentlessly over the past year to get this plant up and runnning. The plant started up very quickly and smoothly, which gives me confidence in our ability to be a reliable supplier of the highest quality biodiesel on a global scale."
Delta BioFuels Chief Technical Officer Scott Nisula noted that the plant's step to batch production is today's news but that continuous flow production is the ultimate goal. "The high quality product we are producing right out of the starting gate is a testimony to the talents of the people that have worked so hard on this project," he said. "Now that we have passed the bath plant milestone, we are all very excited about making the leap into continuous flow operations later this summer."
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