American Butanol Blends, LLC

Joint venture to scale up a thermal-catalytic methanol-ethanol to butanol technology to commercial production for transportation fuel blends

  • Stage Concept Only
  • Industry Industrial/Energy
  • Location Boone, IA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2011
  • Employees 0

Company Summary

American Butanol Blends LLC (ABB) is a research and development company that has executed a joint venture agreement with Dr. Robert Zubrin, President, Pioneer Energy Inc. (PEI), Lakewood CO. for a 3-phase project to scale up a thermal catalytic methanol-ethanol to butanol technology from bench to pilot scale in return for global licensing rights for commercial deployment in production of transportation fuel blends.

Team

  • David Stevens
    Member

    Director of Operations and Economic Development for Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperative. Served as Co-chair of Research and Development Committee as Board Member of Amaizing Energy Holding Company, LLC, which recently sold its 55 mgy ethanol plant located at Denison, IA., and development site at Atlantic, IA.

  • Mark A, Edelman, Ph.D.
    Manager/Member

    Professor and agricultural economist at Iowa State University, Community Vitality Center Director. Co-founder of five private companies and two nonprofit organizations. Co-chair of Research and Development Committee as Board Member of Amaizing Energy Holding Company, LLC, which recently sold its 55mgy ethanol plant located at Denison, IA., and development site at Atlantic, IA.

  • Mark Edelman, Ph.D.

Advisors

  • Bill Hanigan & Mark Wickham, Davis-Brown Law Firm, Des Moines
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    LWBJ
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • David Stevens
    Unconfirmed
    Mark Edelman
    Unconfirmed
    PEI is committed to investing $200,000 in ABB per JV agreement
    Unconfirmed

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