REG acquires Amber Resources to expand downstream assets

In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group has acquired Amber Resources, LLC (dba Sawyer Petroleum) and its affiliated entities, M.O. Dion & Sons and Amber Petroleum Products. Amber Resources is a leading Southern California full-service distributor of diesel, gasoline, lubricants, other transportation fuel components, industrial services and additives.

This acquisition builds upon REG’s downstream participation, growing the company’s footprint in one of the most renewables-focused regions in the world. Amber Resources will add over 60 million gallons/year of diesel sales to the company’s portfolio and a significant lubricants business as a Shell® Prestige distributor. The deal is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings and in line with the Company’s targeted Internal Rate of Return.