Ribbon cutting to be held Monday at Southern Oil’s new advanced biofuels lab

In Australia, the small business minister is set to attend Southern Oil’s ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday where the company’s new $4 million advanced biofuels lab in Gladstone, Queensland will be officially opened. The lab is part of a wider $16 million investment in an advanced biofuels pilot plant that was announced earlier this year that could eventually lead to a commercial-scale renewable diesel and jet fuel facility if the business case works out. The lab will test biocrudes to determine if they are apt for refining into fuels.