Gevo, South Hampton ink isobutanol production deal

In Colorado, Gevo announced it plans to work with South Hampton Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Arabian American Development, to build a hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant at their facility just outside of Houston in Silsbee, Texas.

This demonstration plant is expected to process up to 10,000 gallons of Gevo’s isobutanol per month into a variety of renewable hydrocarbon materials including jet fuel for engine testing, isooctane for gasoline, isooctene and paraxylene for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and will supply other potential customers with material for product qualification and evaluation.  The demonstration plant is slated for completion before the end of 2011. The contract between the companies is for two years with one-year extensions thereafter.