Dallas-based White Energy Holding Company, LLC, has acquired a 100 million gallon ethanol plant from The Scoular Company. The plant, located in Plainview, Texas, will be a “near twin” of White Energy’s other ethanol facility under construction in Hereford, Texas.
The Plainview facility is fully permitted and construction is underway, with completion targeted for early 2008. White Energy also owns an operating 45-MGPY plant in Kansas, which, when combined with output of the two Texas plants, will bring White Energy’s total production capacity to 245 MGPY (gallons per year). White Energy also formed a long-term strategic relationship with Scoular. Scoular will provide grain procurement and distillers grain marketing services for selected White Energy plants and comprehensive risk management services for the company.
“This acquisition fits well into our expansion plans, and, with the addition of Scoular’s agricultural transportation and distribution expertise, White Energy has significantly elevated its competitive position in the renewable fuels market,” said Kevin D. Kuykendall, White Energy’s CEO. “The synergies offered by the close proximity of Hereford and Plainview will enable us to serve market demand in the West and Southwest and establish White Energy as a leading ethanol producer and distributor in the U.S.”
With the Hereford plant only 70 miles away, Kuykendall sees Plainview as an ideal location with many advantages, such as shared management, marketing and logistical resources. The two plants are served by the same BNSF rail line and have nearly identical, state-of-the-art designs by ICM, Inc. Industry-leader Fagen, Inc. is under contract and has begun construction on both plants.
According to Kuykendall, once completed, the Plainview plant will be one of a handful in the country that can simultaneously unload 110 rail cars of grain while loading out 95 rail cars of ethanol. Located in the heart of Texas cattle country, Plainview will provide distillers wet grain (DWG) byproduct to areas feedlots and dairy operations, although both plants will also be equipped to dry the distillers grain for shipment to more distant markets.
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