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To be a trusted partner with the farmer in developing dedicated crops for sustainable uses. We strive to provide growers with realistic options that improve farm growth and profitability while reducing our reliance on petroleum.

Good for America; Good for American farmers

More than 14 million barrels a day. That’s how much foreign oil we import in North America.

Meanwhile, farm input costs have doubled in the last two years.

Sustainable Oils was created to address both challenges. The company develops new crops that produce oil here at home. As ingenious and industrious as our farmers, Sustainable Oils focuses on crops that use less moisture and fewer inputs to give growers the opportunity to produce a profitable crop even on marginal land.

Camelina is just such a crop, a unique oilseed that takes little moisture but is well-suited for biodiesel production.

Our commitment to research enables our success and yours. We invested in research in nearly 40 locations this year to improve camelina yield, oil characteristics and agronomic practices.

Explore our site or contact us to learn more about camelina and production contracts for 2009.

What's New

Sustainable Oils Building Markets for Camelina Oil and Meal; Seeing Strong Momentum for New Crop
06-30-2009

Company Leaders Briefed Montana Governor and State Officials about Progress in Developing Sustainable Camelina Industry in North America

June 30, 2009 - Bozeman, MT - Sustainable Oils continues to build markets and momentum for the commercial camelina business in Montana, the Pacific Northwest, and southern Canada.  The company has secured sales contracts for the camelina oil and camelina meal from its 2008 harvested crop.  The harvested camelina seeds are currently being crushed by Montana Specialty Mills in Great Falls, Montana.

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Boeing and Industry Study Shows Biofuels Perform Effectively as Jet Fuel
06-17-2009

Boeing and a team from across the aviation industry today released high-level elements of a study that shows that sustainable biofuels analyzed in a series of pioneering test flights performed favorably in comparison to petroleum-based fuel. This study included the January test flight of a Japan Airlines 747 using a sustainable biofuel primarily refined from camelina.

The complete article from Boeing's Newsroom .

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Scott Johnson testifies at EPA Public Hearing on Renewable Fuels Standard 2 (RFS 2) proposed rule
06-09-2009

Sustainable Oils president Scott Johnson testified on behalf of the company and the camelina industry at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing regarding the proposed Renewable Fuel Standard 2 (RFS 2) rule

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Life Cycle Analysis of Camelina-based Renewable Jet Fuel 
Shows 84% CO2 Emissions Reduction Compared to Petroleum Fuel
04-27-2009

High oil content, low fertilizer requirements and co-product use combine to lower carbon footprint

April 27, 2009 – Bozeman, MT –Renewable fuels company Sustainable Oils today announced the results of a life cycle analysis (LCA) of jet fuel created from camelina seeds developed by the company, which shows that the renewable fuel reduces carbon emissions by 84 percent compared to petroleum jet fuel. The research, in collaboration with UOP, a Honeywell company, was conducted at Michigan Tech University, a leading research university. The study was based on camelina grown in Montana and processed into biojet fuel using UOP hydroprocessing technology.

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Sustainable Oils Successfully Closes 2009 Camelina Contracting Season
04-12-2009

Company Working with Growers, Processors, End-Users 
to Build Additional Opportunities for 2010

April 14, 2009 – Bozeman, MT – Sustainable Oils has successfully closed its camelina contracting period for the 2009 growing season. Growers across Montana and southern Canada are now gearing up to plant the 2009 camelina crop.

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New Trade Association Formed for North America Camelina Industry
03-03-2009

Energy crop growing in prominence as viable vehicle and jet fuel feedstock

March 3, 2009 – GREAT FALLS, MT – Thirteen seed companies, processors and researchers of camelina have formed the first trade association focused on camelina production and processing in North America. The North American Camelina Trade Association (NACTA) will work to promote research, production and the development of new markets for camelina – a relatively new energy crop in North America that has exciting potential.

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JAL Flight Brings Aviation One Step Closer to Using Biofuel
01-30-2009

Tokyo, January 30, 2009: Today, Japan Airlines (JAL) became the first airline to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel primarily refined from the energy crop, camelina. It was also the first demo flight using a combination of three sustainable biofuel feedstocks, as well as the first one using Pratt & Whitney engines. The results of the flight are expected to conclusively confirm the second-generation biofuel’s operational performance capabilities and potential commercial viability.

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Camelina-based Aviation Fuel Cleared for Takeoff: Sustainable Oils to Participate in Historic Flight
12-16-2008

BOZEMAN, Mt. (December 16, 2008) Sustainable Oils, a producer and marketer of renewable, environmentally clean, and high-value camelina-based biofuels will participate in an historic flight by Japan Airlines (JAL) planned for January 30, 2009. The demonstration flight will make JAL the first Asian carrier to fly on fuel derived from sustainable feedstocks and the first airline to use camelina-based bio-jet fuel.

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New Camelina Varieties and Yields
10-03-2008

Sustainable Oils has sown the seeds of change for farmers in the northwestern US and Canada with extensive research. Of the more than 90 accessions of seed lines tested, SO-10, SO-20 and SO-30, were selected to be sold in 2009 because they have high yield potential and good agronomic characteristics.

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