Benefuel, Inc

Benefuel® is an alternative energy company focused on producing fuels, lubricants and chemicals derived from non-food related fats and oils and committed to the principles and practices of sustainability.

Benefues patented and novel solid catalyst bio-refining platform can, in the most efficient way available, process the broadest range of feedstocks to provide the lowest cost of biodiesel production with the lowest carbon intensity. Benefuels technology has been licensed to Flint Hills Resources, who operate a 50 million gallon per year refinery in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Benefuel is leveraging the success of its first, commercial scale refinery and actively developing new projects in the United States, Canada and South East Asia to process low-carbon feedstocks into high quality, low carbon diesel alternatives.

Industry Leading Partners

  Benefuel has partnered with industry leaders to deliver the most cost-effective and comprehensive next generation platform for converting fats and oils into biodiesel, biodegradable lubricants, oleochemicals and diesel fuel additives.

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Benefuel has developed a novel and patented catalytic process ENSEL® for refining renewable feedstocks into a variety of high margin products, including fuel, oleochemicals and biodegradable lubricants - a combined global market estimated at over one hundred billion dollars.  Benefuels integrated biorefinery model updates 75 year old antiquated chemistry with capital light manufacturing to provide a truly disruptive process for next generation renewable fuel and industrial chemicals production.  Benefuels ENSEL® process combines esterification of free fatty acids (FFA) and transesterification of triglycerides into a single process step – a long-standing technology goal of the biodiesel and oleochemical industries.  Solving these challenge significantly expands feedstock options, simplifiesthe refining process and enables a cost structure competitive with petroleum products.  To achieve a consistent, high quality product, Benefuels process is engineered as a true continuous flow process (instead of a batch process), much like a commercial petroleum or petro-chemical refinery. This affords lower CAPEX and OPEX on projects and positions Benefuel as the low-cost producer in the industry.