Under the agreement, ZeaChem’s cellulosic integrated biorefinery will receive operating services from Pacific Ethanol Management Services in Boardman.

The 250,000-gallon per year biorefinery is adjacent to Pacific Ethanol’s Columbia plant, starting in the fourth quarter of this year.

ZeaChem is a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals.

Pacific Ethanol is a marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the western US.