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About - Strategic Biofuels

About - Strategic Biofuels

Message from the CEO

Dr. Paul F. Schubert
Chief Executive Officer

Effectively Advancing the Future of Low Carbon Transportation Fuels

Through a strategic approach, our team is developing end-to-end projects that produce ultra carbon-negative renewable fuels while positively transforming our local communities. We are a leading renewable fuels project development company with deep expertise in global energy, petrochemical and renewable technology.

Our onsite carbon capture and sequestration is powered by green energy from an onsite integrated biomass-fired power plant, and our first ultra carbon-negative plant in northern Louisiana is converting sustainably managed forestry waste into the world’s most sustainably and responsibly produced Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). We are excited to pioneer scalability for SAF that leaves a lasting impact on the industry and Louisiana.

Learn more about how we are fueling the future through our SAF.

 

Our Approach

Our project development approach is built around strategically located projects with the right geology for carbon sequestration using sound technologies that are backed by local, regional and federal support.

What makes us different is our philosophy in doing the hard work first, proving our projects can be advanced through strategically achieving development milestones in an order that proves viability, scalability and commercialization.

 

Developing Ultra Carbon-Negative Renewable Fuels Projects

Propelling Our Projects with a Sound Approach

Icon to represent: Accessing plentiful managed forestry waste

Accessing plentiful managed forestry waste

Icon to represent: Selecting locations with excellent geology

Selecting locations with excellent geology

Icon to represent: Aligning with favorable legislative andregulatory frameworks

Aligning with favorable legislative andregulatory frameworks

Icon to represent: Leveragingonsite carbon captureand sequestration

Leveragingonsite carbon captureand sequestration

Icon to represent: Garnering support from state andfederal government

Garnering support from state andfederal government

Our Team

Best-in-Class Experts producing best-in class carbon negative fuels

200 years of combined experience in energy, chemical, oil and gas

Sound track record in finance, project and technology development, operations, fuels trading and renewable fuels credits

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Dr. Paul F. Schubert
Chief Executive Officer

Paul has over 40 years of experience in the petrochemical and renewable fuels industry. Prior to founding Strategic Biofuels, he served as COO and Executive Director for Velocys, a publicly traded company on the London AIM exchange. While in those roles, he was responsible for the development and deployment of Velocys’ FT technology and the Envia Energy plant that converted landfill gas to renewable diesel and wax products. He was also responsible for the development of woody biomass or municipal solid waste into renewable diesel and jet fuel.

 

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Bob Meredith
Chief Operating Officer

Bob has 47 years of experience in the oil and gas industry as a petroleum engineer for Chevron Oil and others and has owned and operated several independent oil and gas companies with significant operations in Louisiana and Mississippi. His career experience includes responsibility for both onshore and offshore projects, drilling multiple wells exceeding 18,000’ in depth, and overseeing numerous oil and gas property transactions. He is a recognized expert witness in oil and gas matters in civil litigation, and was both a founder and the Chairman of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association.

 

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Dan Jackson
Chief Financial Officer

Dan has over 30 years’ experience across the C-Level and as an advisor/director with venture capital backed pre-revenue start-ups to public multi-office international organizations with over $400 million in annual sales. Prior to joining Strategic Biofuels, Dan served as the COO and CFO of Epic Wireless Group, a wireless and EV charging infrastructure company. He has also served as the COO and CFO of three companies in the Biodiesel and Anaerobic Digestion space, one of which was based in Germany.

 

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Paul Oesterreich
Senior VP Project Development

Paul has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry with particular emphasis on refined and renewable fuels trading and marketing. He is responsible for Sales and Marketing of the physical fuels and renewable credits including product offtaker relationship development and contracting, outbound supply chain, product transportation, and trading and valuation of federal and state credits. He is further responsible for managing the woody biomass feedstock.

 

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Antoine Schellinger
Senior Vice President

Antoine has thirty years of energy-related industry experience including ESG, refining, waste-to-energy, chemicals, midstream, renewables, and power generation with both start-ups and industry leading organizations. He is an industry-recognized thought leader in project structuring in concert with financial institutions lending and investment covenants. Prior to joining Strategic Biofuels, Antoine served as the Executive Vice President of Citroniq Chemicals and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Koch Project Solutions.

 

Our Partners

Collaborating with best-in-class partners from across the globe and backed by strategic investors.