Ara Companions Acquires Majority Curiosity in USD clear fuels.
Ara Companions (“Ara”), a non-public fairness and infrastructure agency that focuses on industrial decarbonization investments, introduced that it has acquired a majority curiosity in USD Clear Fuels, LLC (“USDCF”), a number one developer of logistics infrastructure in North America for the renewable fuels worth chain.
As a part of the transaction, USDCF has additionally acquired the West Colton Rail Terminal, a completely operational biofuels terminal in California. Ara has dedicated further capital to help important growth of USDCF’s infrastructure footprint.
Primarily based in Houston, Texas, USDCF develops, owns, and operates strategic infrastructure to facilitate secure, dependable and financial supply of renewable gas feedstocks and biofuels to manufacturing amenities and end-market demand facilities. The USDCF group, led by Chief Government Officer Dan Borgen and President Bob Copher, has a longstanding monitor report of growing, commercializing and working midstream infrastructure throughout North America.
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George Yong, Associate and Co-Head of Infrastructure at Ara Companions mentioned:
We’ve got excessive conviction that the inexperienced molecules financial system – whether or not it’s renewable gas feedstocks or biofuels – affords disproportionate alternative for returns and affect.
“The USDCF platform is especially compelling as a result of it combines a best-in-class administration group with a portfolio of premiere terminal logistics initiatives that present the perfect basis for a sturdy and scalable infrastructure enterprise.”
“We’re excited to affix forces with Ara Companions to deliver vital infrastructure options to the quickly rising North American renewable gas market, starting with the West Colton Rail Terminal,” mentioned Mr. Borgen. “We’re proud to be backed by an investor that’s fully centered on enabling an accelerated and economical path to a low-carbon financial system.”
About Ara Companions
Ara Companions is a non-public fairness and infrastructure agency centered on industrial decarbonization investments. Ara Companions invests within the industrial and manufacturing, chemical compounds and supplies, vitality effectivity and inexperienced fuels, and meals and agriculture sectors, looking for to create firms with important decarbonization affect. It operates from places of work in Houston, Boston and Dublin, Eire.
As of September 30, 2023, Ara Companions had roughly $5.6 billion of belongings beneath administration. For extra details about Ara Companions, please go to www.arapartners.com.
About USD Clear Fuels
USDCF is a developer of terminal belongings for renewable gas feedstocks and biofuels. USDCF’s group has many years of expertise using rail transportation as its aggressive platform to supply well timed, environment friendly, versatile and cost-effective midstream infrastructure for purchasers to entry essentially the most aggressive markets. USDCF’s belongings embrace the West Colton Rail Terminal and extra initiatives in North America.
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Ara Companions Acquires Majority Curiosity In USD Clear Fuels, January 2, 2023
