Sustainable Oils

The Sustainable Oils research program began in 2005.[5] In 2007, Targeted Growth, Inc. and Green Earth Fuels established Sustainable Oils as a Limited Liability Company in the state of Delaware.[6]

In 2008, the company was awarded a contract by the United States Department of Defense to supply the US Navy 40,000 gallons of Camelina-based jet fuel for certification testing of alternative fuels.[7]

In early 2009, Sustainable Oils began field research operations in Chile.[8]

In March 2011, a F-22 Raptor fighter jet completed a successful test flight running on a 50% blend of Camelina fuel and traditional jet fuel. Sustainable Oils supplied all the Camelina oil for the test.[9]

In March 2013, Global Clean Energy Holdings, a Torrance, California-based biofuel feedstock company, acquired Sustainable Oils.[10]

In October 2021, Global Clean Energy Holdings announced the relocation of the Sustainable Oils headquarters to Great Falls, Montana.[4]

In November 2021, Sustainable Oils announced the purchase of 45 acres in Havre, Montana and a plan to construct a 600 thousand bushel storage and rail loading facility for its proprietary camelina grain.[11]

Sustainable Oils has one of the largest Camelina research programs in the world, which began in 2005.[12] It has conducted over 140 field trials across 34 states in the continental US and six provinces of Canada. The company has established research nurseries in Montana, Arizona, and Chile.[12]

Sustainable Oils owns three proprietary and patented varieties of Camelina that purport to have higher grain and oil yield and more beneficial agronomic characteristics than other strains.[13]

In 2008, Sustainable Oils and Honeywell signed a contract to supply the United States Defense Logistics Agency, the purchasing agency within the Department of Defense, with 40,000 gallons of Camelina-based renewable jet fuel for test flights in jets and helicopters.[7] Using a blend of 50% Camelina fuel and 50% traditional jet fuel, the Navy conducted performance trials in the F/A-18 Super Hornet,[14] F-22 Raptor,[9] and an SH-60 Seahawk Helicopter.[15] All tests were conclusively successful and each aircraft was able to perform above military standards. For example, the F-22 Raptor was able to perform a 40,000-foot supercruise and achieve speeds in excess of 1.5 Mach.[9]

Over the course of the entire testing program, Sustainable Oils supplied the military with nearly 500,000 gallons of Camelina oil.[16]

In February 2013, Camelina received approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, qualifying its oil as an advanced biofuel feedstock or pathway under the Renewable Fuel Standard.[1] Sustainable Oils was one of multiple organizations that participated in the conversation surrounding the approval process.[17] Under the standard, every gallon of Camelina oil-based biofuel produced in the U.S. by qualified producers receives a unique Renewable Identification Number, or RIN, certifying it as a Federally approved advanced biofuel. Only fuels produced from approved pathways can be used to meet the EPA mandated minimums for advanced biofuels blending under the Renewable Fuel Standard.[1]

On March 14, 2013, Global Clean Energy Holdings acquired Sustainable Oils from its parent company Targeted Growth Inc. in exchange for common stock in Global Clean Energy Holdings and a promissory note.[10]