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Biodiesel plant to be built in Guymon

By Associated Press
Published: 9/26/2007 9:47 AM
Last Modified: 9/26/2007 9:47 AM

GUYMON -- Seaboard Foods plans to build a biodiesel plant in the Texas County town of Guymon that would become Oklahoma's third such operational plant.

Plans are for the plant to use animal fats, including pork fat -- a byproduct of Seaboard Foods' pork processing plant in Guymon -- and vegetable oils as the feedstock for biodiesel. The plant will be a part of a newly created subsidiary of Seaboard Foods known as High Plains Bioenergy.

Seaboard Foods, based in Shawnee Mission, Kan., hopes to finish the plant by November and open next year. It will produce about 30 million gallons of biodiesel annually and employ 30 to 35 people when operational, the company said Tuesday.

It will be the first venture into renewable energy by Seaboard Foods.

"High Plains Bioenergy will focus on finding renewable energy sources from our integrated system," said Ron Brenneman, the president of Seaboard Foods and High Plains Bioenergy. "We're always looking for opportunities to strategically add value to our system, and the biodiesel plant fits well with our long-term plans."

Plant manager Robert White said the goal is to achieve accreditation from the National Biodiesel Accreditation Program "as soon as we can."

The National Biodiesel Board said the average production level at current plants is 11.2 million gallons a year.

There are two operational biodiesel plants in Oklahoma -- Earth Biofuels in Durant, in Bryan County, and Green County Biodiesel in Chelsea, in Rogers County. Another plant in Tulsa is expected to be finished by January.

Seaboard Foods' announcement was the second involving the proposed construction of a major energy plant in as many weeks for Guymon. Two companies, Mainline Fuels LLC and its partner, ICM Inc. of Colwich, Kan., said last week they planned to build an $80 million ethanol plant in the Panhandle town. That plant is scheduled to be operational by spring 2009. By Associated Press

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Ted, BA (9/30/2007 9:51:05 PM)

Bio Diesel is an interesting development as of late. I have been reading about people getting their old Mercedes and VW Diesel automobiles converted and running on free recycled French fry oil scavanged from restaurants. Basically, the vehicle requires two fuel tanks, one of which is for Diesel fuel to start the engine or as a reserve back up and the other is for bio Diesel which must be heated to 160 F before it can be used by the engine. Unfortunately, there just aren't many diesel automobiles being marketed in the US anymore, other than big heavy duty pickups which kind of defeat the economy purpose.

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