Montana Renewables expands feedstocks to include camelina

In Montana, Montana Renewables LLC on Monday hosted an event with the Montana community to celebrate the first receipts of camelina oil into its Great Falls renewable fuels facility. Representatives of the State, County and City governments along with suppliers and supporters of rural agricultural development attended the ceremony in Great Falls, Montana.

MRL consumes over 1.5 billion pounds per year of rendering wastes and seed oils which are used to produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel.  “We are pleased to add 2023 USA produced camelina oil to our existing feeds which already include canola oil, corn oil and tallow,” said Bruce Fleming, CEO of MRL. “Today’s deliveries further demonstrate Montana Renewables’ feedstock advantage.  While our ARA pre-treater technology provides the ability to run feed from anywhere in the world, Camelina is indigenous to Montana.  The low carbon intensity and non-food nature of this oil makes Camelina an exciting addition to our already competitively advantaged MRL platform. And by providing a market in Montana we are creating long term benefits for Montana farm and ranch producers who grow most of the country’s Camelina today.”