Oklahoma building 2nd BioDiesel Plant
From the Associated Press
June 3, 2006
OKLAHOMA CITY - A second biodiesel plant is being planned in Oklahoma.
Construction on a 30 (m) million dollar biodiesel refinery is to begin in late summer or early fall at Tulsa's Port of Catoosa.
The plant is being built by Houston-based TexCom, Incorporated, and investors include a group led by former Oklahoma and Dallas Cowboys football coach Barry Switzer. TexCom spokesman Brad Barker says the refinery will use mostly Oklahoma grown soybeans and produce 35 (m) million gallons of biofuel each year and have 19 full-time workers.
Biodiesel is blended with traditional diesel to produce what supporters say is a cleaner burning and more efficient fuel.
The state's first biodiesel plant is being built in Durant with investors including singer Willie Nelson and actor Morgan Freeman.