Kior starts wood-to-oil in Mississipp

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Washington—US biorefiner Kior has started mak ing “renewable crude oil” from wood waste and expects to deliver the world’s first commercial volumes of cellulosic gasoline and diesel later this month, CEO Fred Cannon said November 8. The company’s plant in Columbus, Mississippi, started the crucial first stage of the process last month, he told analysts during a third-quarter earnings call.