Terrabon’s process technology is an acid fermentation process that converts biomass into organic salts. The resulting non-hazardous organic salts, or bio-crude, would be then shipped by truck, rail or pipeline to a Valero refinery or other centralized processing facility.
Valero Energy, the largest petroleum refiner in North America, also has an equity stake in Terrabon.
The bio-crude would then be converted to a high-octane gasoline that can be blended directly into a refiner's fuel pool, avoiding many of the blending and logistics challenges presented by ethanol.
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