AgriBioFuels, LLC

AgriBioFuels is a privately held LLC involved in the production and supply of renewable fuels to the United States domestic energy market. The company’s first venture is the construction of a biodiesel production facility in Dayton, Texas, that is targeted for start-up in January, 2007. The plant will initially produce 20 million gallons of biodiesel per year, and is designed to allow expansion to 40 million gallons of biodiesel per year.

AgriBioFuels is committed to helping the United States achieve energy independence. We will do this by becoming a significant biodiesel producer utilizing feedstock flexibility and high production output, resulting in low costs and competitive advantage.  In addition, we will support the growth of vibrant new agricultural markets in the areas where we do business. For example, for every job in the farm economy related to crop production, there are an additional 3.6 jobs created in the biodiesel infrastructure. AgriBioFuels will be an employer of choice and a favored corporate citizen in the areas where we do business.

Our Goals

ABF will be a low-cost producer of clean, affordable, domestic renewable fuels  ABF will achieve its energy production goals while also creating new growth markets for the agricultural sector  ABF will create a favorable outlet to convert waste fats and greases into usable fuels  ABF will help the U.S. achieve energy independence.

High Fuel Prices

The price of gasoline and diesel fuel in the United States is driven largely by the increasing demand for the limited world supply of crude oil resougas prices, agriculture, beakers, busesrces by developing countries.    Coupled with increased volatility from unpredictable market factors such as natural disasters and political unrest, it seems unlikely that conventional energy costs will decline significantly without the introduction of new, widely available alternatives. In response, there is now widespread public and political support for developing alternative, renewable domestic energy supplies.

Biofuels

Biodiesel is a nontoxic, biodegradable, clean burning fuel for diesel engines made from domestically produced, renewable fats and oils such as soybean oil or recycled cooking oils. Biodiesel has no sulfur or aromatic compounds and meets the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ultra low sulfur diesel fuel.  lab crop fuel collage  Biodiesel can be used in existing diesel engines without modification and burns substantially cleaner than petroleum based diesel fuel, and is a powerful option for improving our environment. Through a process called transesterification, oils and fats are reacted with methanol and a base catalyst to produce fatty acid methyl esters (biodiesel) with glycerin as a co-product.  The U.S. consumes over 170 billion gallons of petroleum fuel annually. Of this amount, petroleum diesel accounts for about 40%, or 65 billion gallons. The 2005 Energy Policy Act requires that the amount of renewable fuels blended with gasoline increase from 4 billion gallon in 2006 to 7.5 billion gallons in 2012.