BioUrja

What BioUrja does

BioUrja Group is a privately held, Houston-headquartered commodities and energy platform founded in 2006 by Chairman & CEO Amit Bhandari. The company supplies and trades physical commodities across six operating segments: BioUrja Trading (bioethanol, industrial and beverage alcohol, corn oil), BioUrja Renewables (alcohol distillation for beverage spirits, fuel ethanol, and corn-based oils for renewable diesel), BioUrja Terminals & Land (ethanol and natural gas liquids storage and transloading, including the Port Allen Terminal — the only NGL terminal adjacent to the Baton Rouge Fractionator — and a Port Barre facility), Energy Alloys Global Solutions (specialty metals and alloy tubing to the global oilfield), West Plains (grains and animal feed with approximately 30 million bushels of owned storage across Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and South Texas), and BioUrja Capital (strategic investments in energy transition and agriculture).

The platform's underlying "technology" is physical commodity logistics infrastructure — owned terminals, transloading facilities, 30 million bushels of grain storage, and a global vessel shipment program spanning U.S. energy hubs and international offices in Mexico, Singapore, India, Dubai, and the United Kingdom, with 20+ U.S. locations. There is no disclosed software, SaaS, or AI-driven product layer; value is derived from physical asset ownership, counterparty relationships, and trading expertise.

BioUrja monetizes primarily through physical commodity transactions priced at market rates (transaction-fee economics) across B2B enterprise sales to major U.S. refining companies, large international trading houses and wholesalers, oilfield operators (specialty metals), beverage alcohol brands (distillation), and agricultural buyers (grains/feed). Pricing is negotiated bilaterally rather than publicly disclosed. BioUrja Capital adds a strategic value-investing arm generating returns from portfolio companies in energy transition and agriculture. The company employs 251–500 people and is ranked among the largest privately held companies in Houston.

Name

BioUrja

Legal name

BioUrja Group, LLC

Website

https://biourja.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

BioUrja is a privately held Houston-based physical commodities platform that trades and supplies biofuels, alcohols, natural gas liquids, specialty oilfield metals, grains, and animal feed to U.S. refiners, international trading houses, and agricultural customers across 20+ U.S. sites and global offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commodity Trading and Energy Logistics

NAICS

Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (4247), Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225), Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224), Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (324), Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (3241)

SIC

Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) (5172), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Wholesale-Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals (5171), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Biofuels & Biomass Commodities Trading & Marketing (EUAGAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biofuel Distribution & Fuel Marketing (Wholesale/Retail) (EUAAAHAI), Biofuels & Renewable Fuels Switching (Biomethane/RNG, Bio-oils, Sustainable Biomass) (EUABAJAD), Cellulosic Biofuels & Renewable Fuels (2G ethanol, SAF intermediates) (IMAMALAA), Biochemicals & Bio-based Platform Chemicals (cellulose sugars, lignin derivatives, organic acids) (IMAMALAB), Biodiesel (FAME) Production (EUAAAHAC)

Keywords

• Biofuels trading
• Ethanol supply
• Commodities logistics
• Specialty metals supply
• Grain merchandising

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Physical Commodities Trading: BioUrja Trading generates revenue through the supply and sale of bioethanol, specialty alcohol products, industrial alcohol, beverage alcohol, and corn oil to major refining companies and trading houses. Revenue is generated through physical commodity transactions with pricing based on market rates.
2. Terminal and Logistics Services: BioUrja Terminals & Land provides energy commodity logistics solutions including ethanol and natural gas liquids storage and transloading terminal operations at the BioUrja Port Allen Terminal and Port Barre facility in Louisiana.
3. Specialty Metals Distribution: Energy Alloys generates revenue as the only 100% oil and gas focused supplier of specialty metals to the global oilfield industry, offering specialty tubing and related products.
4. Grain and Feed Products: West Plains sells grains and animal feed ingredients with approximately 30 million bushels of owned storage facilities, serving customers in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and South Texas.
5. Investment Capital: BioUrja Capital invests in projects and companies in energy and agricultural sectors with emphasis on energy transition, acting as strategic value investors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

BioUrja Group supplies and trades physical commodities across multiple segments, including biofuels (bioethanol and corn oil), industrial and beverage alcohols, natural gas liquids, specialty metals and alloy tubing for the oilfield industry, and grain and animal feed products. The company operates an integrated platform that combines physical trading, alcohol distillation, owned terminal and storage infrastructure, and grain merchandising to serve major refiners, international trading houses, beverage alcohol producers, and oilfield operators.

Product overview

BioUrja Group is a diversified commodities trading and supply company operating as a platform of distinct business units. The portfolio includes BioUrja Trading (physical bioethanol and specialty alcohol trading with extensive logistics infrastructure), BioUrja Renewables (alcohol distillation producing beverage spirits, industrial alcohol, fuel ethanol, and corn-based oils), BioUrja Terminals & Land (energy commodity logistics with ethanol and NGL storage/transloading terminals), Energy Alloys Global Solutions (specialty metals supplier to oilfield industry), West Plains (grain and animal feed supply with significant storage capacity), and BioUrja Capital (strategic investment vehicle for energy transition opportunities). The company supplies and trades physical commodities including biofuels, industrial and beverage alcohols, natural gas liquids, grain, animal feed products, and metal alloy tubing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BioUrja Trading: The largest and oldest company within the BioUrja Group, focusing on supply and sale of bioethanol and specialty alcohol products. Serves every major refining company in the United States and large trading houses.
• BioUrja Renewables
• BioUrja Terminals & Land
• Energy Alloys Global Solutions
• West Plains
• BioUrja Capital

Products and services

• BioUrja Trading Physical commodities trading business supplying bioethanol, specialty alcohol products, industrial alcohol, beverage alcohol, and corn oil to every major refining company in the United States and to large international trading houses and wholesalers, leveraging an extensive logistics and distribution system.
• BioUrja Renewables Alcohol distillation company producing beverage spirits for major name brand liquors, industrial and consumer alcohol products, fuel ethanol as a green gasoline additive, and corn-based oils used in renewable diesel, with a focus on energy transition.
• BioUrja Terminals & Land Energy commodity logistics provider focused on safe and reliable operation of ethanol and clean natural gas liquids storage and transloading terminals, including the Port Allen NGL Terminal and the Port Barre transloading facility in Louisiana.
• Energy Alloys Global Solutions Oil and gas focused specialty metals supplier providing alloy tubing and related products with value-added services to the global oilfield industry, building a reliable and consistent supply chain that improves product quality and decreases lead times.
• West Plains Grains and animal feed ingredient supply company with approximately 30 million bushels of owned storage facilities, serving agricultural customers in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and South Texas.
• BioUrja Capital Strategic value investment vehicle that invests in projects and companies in growth industries, primarily in the energy and agricultural sectors with emphasis on energy transition, providing operational expertise in addition to capital.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves every major refining company in the United States
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Green Plains Inc. Major U.S. ethanol producer pivoting into higher-protein feed ingredients and renewable diesel feedstock. Directly comparable to BioUrja Renewables on ethanol production and to West Plains on corn oil / feed ingredient supply chains.
• CHS Inc. U.S. farmer-owned cooperative and major merchandiser of grains, renewable fuels, and NGLs. Closely comparable to West Plains on grain storage and to BioUrja Trading on renewable fuels distribution into refiners.
• Gavilon Group: Grain, ingredients, and fertilizer merchandiser that previously ran the same North American operations now led by Brian Carleton at West Plains. Directly comparable on grain merchandising and storage economics.
• Eco-Energy: One of the largest pure-play biofuels (ethanol) marketers and logistics companies in North America, supplying refiners with bioethanol and renewable-feedstock logistics. Directly comparable to BioUrja Trading in customer base, product set, and distribution model.
• Marquis Energy: Privately held U.S. dry-mill ethanol producer with substantial renewable fuels output. Closely comparable to BioUrja Renewables on ethanol, beverage/industrial alcohol, and corn oil production economics.

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Global agricultural trading giant with a major presence in ethanol, grains, oilseeds, and biofuel feedstock distribution. Overlaps with BioUrja Trading and West Plains across commodities and customer profiles, but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Trafigura: Among the world's largest physical commodity traders, active in oil products, NGLs, and metals. BioUrja Trading counts Trafigura's peers among its top customers, and its Gulf Coast footprint is strategically comparable.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Global merchandiser of grains, oilseeds, and biofuel feedstocks with a significant Baton Rouge / Gulf Coast presence. Comparable to BioUrja Trading and West Plains in physical commodity flows and customer overlap.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Major U.S. grain merchandiser and ethanol producer with deep relationships to the refining industry. Comparable across BioUrja's ethanol trading, renewable-feedstock, and grain merchandising operations; Brian Carleton's career history confirms direct talent crossover.
• Mercuria Energy Trading: Global independent commodities trader with significant physical oil, gas, and biofuel book. Overlaps with BioUrja Trading's international trading-house customer relationships and physical commodity flows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BiourjaG

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

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