BioFuels Journal

He spoke on the following topics:

• The future of the ethanol industry is “optimistic” despite recent financial problems with companies like VeraSun.

• Policymakers may provide an avenue with higher than 10% ethanol blends for the industry to expand beyond the 10% blend well, which may be achieved in 2009.

• Ethanol producers are utilizing technologies such as gasification of biomass to displace natural gas, corn oil extraction, and fractionation to boost their bottom lines.

Robert R. Starkey holds the position of vice president of fuels for Jim Jordan & Associates (JJ& A), LLP, which is a consulting company reporting on current development in specialized international markets through weekly market reports on methanol and transportation fuels.

These reports include accurate accounts of prices in various parts of the world, commentary and discussion of significant developments affecting those markets, presented in a clear and concise manner.

In his position, Bob is responsible for the management and director of the fuels consulting business for JJ&A.

This includes responsibility for direction of the fuels team, the weekly fuels publication, client interface on fuels related topics and managing fuels single and multi-client projects.

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