Barry P. Schaps

VeraSun Energy Corp. engages in the production and sale of ethanol and its co-products. The company owns and operates five of the ethanol production facilities in the United States with a combined ethanol production capacity of 560 million gallons per year. The company also produces Dried distillers grain with solubles, Wet distillers grains with soluble and Corn Oil. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brookings, SD.

US BioEnergy Corp. manufactures ethanol products. The company provides grain procurement and marketing services for distiller grains and other ethanol co-products. US BioEnergy was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, MN.

Motiva Enterprises LLC operates a refinery and distributes and markets fuel products. It refine and market gasoline and other petroleum products under the Shell brand across the country. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Sundrop Fuels, Inc. provides technology to produce any type of renewable, liquid advanced biofuel, from gasoline to diesel and aviation fuels. Its high-temperature solar gasification process turns plant material into liquid transportation fuel for immediate use in automobiles, diesel engines and aircraft. The company was founded by Jensen Reed and P. Michael Masterson in 2008 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.

Shell Oil Co. manufactures petrochemicals and distributes gas and oil products. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.