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Upson gets biorefinery demonstration facility

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Walter Geiger
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Monday, December 21. 2009
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Governor Sonny Perdue announced Monday that Thomaston in Upson County will be home to a new biorefinery demonstration plant, the result of a partnership between Diamond Alternative Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, and American Process, Inc. (API). The opening of the new facility, expected around the first quarter of 2010, represents the creation of 25-30 jobs in Thomaston and Atlanta.

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#1 Enoc Siuol on 12/22/09 at 07:13 AM
Go Upons county!
#2 canisrufusmajor on 12/22/09 at 10:53 AM
Isn't Valero owned by Hugo Chavez? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
#3 Andrew Odom on 12/22/09 at 11:47 AM
Our understanding is that Valero is owned by a refinery based in San Antonio, Texas.

Citgo has been confirmed to have ties to Chavez.
#4 canisrufusmajor on 12/22/09 at 12:39 PM
I know Citgo changed it's name; but I couldn't remember what they changed it to.
#5 go_upson on 12/23/09 at 06:40 PM
Valero is an AMERICAN Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio, TX with no affliliation to Citgo or Hugo Chavez.
#6 Aureon Kwolek on 12/29/09 at 08:59 AM
Hats-off to Valero, one of the few major oil companies that have taken the leap and embraced ethanol, rather than fighting it.

This plant demonstrates the power of integration, which will take domestic ethanol to a higher level of efficiency and environmental acceptance.
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