EcoCeres prepares for biorefinery start up in Malaysia with new storage agreement
EcoCeres Ltd., a subsidiary of EcoCeres Inc., announced Aug. 12 that it has agreed to lease 100,000 cubic meters (26.4 million gallons) of storage space at an expanded facility in Tanjung Langsat, Johor Darul Ta’zim, Malaysia, owned by a subsidiary of Dialog Group.
The site recently expanded its facilities with an additional 39.6 million gallons of storage for renewable and petroleum products at its terminal and secured the said take-or-pay agreement with EcoCeres.
The expansion of the Dialog terminal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of fiscal-year 2027.
The new lease follows EcoCeres’ announcement of a significant investment in a new production facility in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia.
The new biorefinery is expected to be operational in the second half of 2025 and is strategically located less than a kilometer from DTL3, with direct connection to DTL3’s storage tanks via rundown pipelines.
The EcoCeres renewable refinery will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and renewable naphtha, which will be stored in DTL3’s dedicated tanks.
The facility has an annual capacity of up to 400,000 metric tons (approximately 133 million gallons).
EcoCeres said the DTL3 storage optimizes renewable refinery investment in storage infrastructure while logistical integration of rundown pipelines enhances operational efficiency.
“This collaboration will facilitate the integration of EcoCeres’ new Malaysia refinery into the global logistics infrastructure, help EcoCeres’ customers access high-quality renewable fuels, and contribute to the growth of EcoCeres as a global player in the renewable fuels market,” said Jeremy Baines, the chief commercial officer of EcoCeres.
EcoCeres is a pure-play renewable fuel producer with over a decade of experience in biomass utilization backed by international investors Bain Capital and Kerogen Capital.
As an ISCC-certified company, it produces industrial-scale SAF, renewable diesel, renewable naphtha and cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary processes.
