Seaboard Energy

What Seaboard Energy does

Seaboard Energy, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation (Fortune 500) that manufactures renewable diesel, biodiesel, and renewable by-products from sustainable animal fats and vegetable oils. The company operates three production facilities — Guymon, Oklahoma (biodiesel, ~46M gallons/year, started 2008); St. Joseph, Missouri (biodiesel via an enzymatic process with distillation column, ~32M gallons/year, started 2016); and Hugoton, Kansas (renewable diesel via high-heat/high-pressure hydrotreating, 85M gallons/year, started 2022) — plus a unit train-based fuels terminal in Madera, California with approximately 300 million gallons of annual throughput capacity. Corporate headquarters are in Merriam, Kansas, and the company runs ~20 MW of distributed solar generation at its Hugoton and Madera sites for facility use and grid placement.

The business is structured as a B2B renewable fuels manufacturer and distributor selling directly to transportation, industrial, agricultural, marine, mining, railroad, aviation, and heating/power-generation customers, with a horizontal segmentation approach rather than reliance on named anchor accounts. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with commodity-volume, multi-year contracts. Seaboard Energy maintains feedstock security through a strategic partnership with sister company Seaboard Foods, sourcing pork fat from the Guymon processing plant for biodiesel production — a circular-economy linkage that differentiates it from standalone renewable fuels competitors. The St. Joseph and Guymon biodiesel facilities hold BQ-9000 Producer certification from the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission and exceed ASTM D6751 specifications, providing a quality and regulatory credential in the renewable fuels market.

Revenue is generated primarily through hardware-style product sales of renewable diesel, biodiesel, renewable naphtha, glycerin, and distillate bottoms, with a smaller contribution from solar electricity. The company does not appear to use external institutional financing, operating instead on parent-company capital within Seaboard Corporation's diversified portfolio of food, shipping, and energy businesses. There is no public disclosure of AI/ML capabilities, and the technology stack is described in conventional industrial chemistry terms.

Name

Seaboard Energy

Legal name

Seaboard Energy, LLC

Website

https://seaboardenergy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Seaboard Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation, manufactures renewable diesel, biodiesel, and by-products from sustainable animal fats and vegetable oils at three U.S. facilities and distributes them through a 300-million-gallon California terminal to transportation, industrial, and agricultural customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Fuels Manufacturing

NAICS

Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122), Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070)

akta.pro primary industry

Biofuels & Renewable Fuels Switching (Biomethane/RNG, Bio-oils, Sustainable Biomass) (EUABAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Alternative Low-Carbon Marine Fuels Bunkering (Methanol, Biofuels, Ammonia, Hydrogen) (TLAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Renewable diesel production
• Biodiesel manufacturing
• Renewable fuels supply
• Renewable naphtha production
• Solar power generation

Headquarters

HQ city

Shawnee Mission

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Renewable Fuels Sales: Seaboard Energy generates revenue through the production and sale of renewable diesel, biodiesel, renewable naphtha, and glycerin to transportation, industrial, and agricultural markets. Revenue is derived from product sales as a manufacturer and distributor.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Seaboard Energy manufactures and distributes renewable diesel, biodiesel, and related by-products (renewable naphtha, glycerin, distillate bottoms) derived from sustainable animal fats and vegetable oils, and also generates solar power. The company serves transportation, industrial, and agricultural markets through five US locations including three production facilities and a unit train-based fuels terminal in central California with approximately 300 million gallons annual throughput capacity.

Product overview

Seaboard Energy is a renewable energy company that operates five production facilities across the United States, producing renewable diesel (85 million gallons/year capacity at Hugoton, KS), biodiesel (approximately 78 million gallons/year combined capacity at Guymon, OK and St. Joseph, MO), and solar power (approximately 20MW). The company also produces by-products including renewable naphtha, glycerin, and distillate bottoms from its refining processes. Seaboard Energy maintains an expansive distribution network including a unit train-based fuels terminal in central California with approximately 300MM gallons throughput capacity annually. Products are sold to transportation, industrial, and agricultural markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renewable Diesel Chemically similar to conventional petroleum diesel, produced through a high heat, high pressure process from renewable animal fats and vegetable oils. Serves as a drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel in vehicles, ships, and trains with lower carbon intensity, ultra-low sulfur emissions, and zero aromatics. Produced for transportation, industrial, and agricultural markets.
• Biodiesel Produced by reacting fat or oil with a small amount of alcohol (typically methanol). Offers much lower carbon intensity, ultra-low sulfur emissions, and zero percent aromatics compared to petroleum diesel. Marketed to transportation, industrial, and agricultural customers and manufactured at BQ-9000-certified Guymon, OK and St. Joseph, MO facilities.
• Renewable Naphtha By-product from the renewable diesel refining process with applications in fuel blending, plastics, and other industrial usage. Sold to industrial buyers seeking renewable feedstocks for plastics and fuel blending applications.
• Glycerin By-product from the biodiesel manufacturing process, used across livestock feed, chemical, and industrial applications. Sold to agricultural and industrial buyers.
• Solar Power Renewable electricity generated from multiple on-site solar arrays producing approximately 20MW (15MW at Hugoton, KS and 5MW at Madera, CA). Used to power Seaboard Energy facilities and placed on the grid to supply clean electricity to the market.
• Distillate Bottoms Renewable by-product derived from Seaboard Energy's manufacturing process with various transportation and industrial uses, sold into the fuels and industrial supply chains.

Quantifiable outcome

• 163+ million gallons annual production capacity
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Seaboard FoodscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeaboard Energy works collaboratively with Seaboard Foods, utilizing pork fat from Seaboard's processing plant as feedstock for biodiesel production at the Guymon, OK facility. This integration provides secured feedstock supply and supports the circular economy approach of converting agricultural processing waste into renewable fuels.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• World Energy: One of the largest North American renewable diesel producers with a major facility in Paramount, CA and a port terminal in Houston. Directly comparable in feedstock, technology, and California-focused LCFS-driven market positioning.
• Neste: Global leader in renewable diesel from waste and residues, operating refineries in Singapore, Rotterdam, and Naantali. Directly comparable product (renewable diesel drop-in fuel) and feedstock base (used cooking oil, animal fats), competing for the same marine and transportation buyers.
• Diamond Green Diesel: Joint venture between Darling Ingredients and Valero producing renewable diesel from waste fats, oils, and greases. Operates multiple large-scale facilities (Norco LA, Port Arthur TX) and is the largest US renewable diesel producer—directly comparable in feedstock, technology pathway, and end markets.
• Darling Ingredients: Renders animal fats and proteins that serve as the primary feedstock for renewable diesel and biodiesel producers, and partners with Valero in Diamond Green Diesel. Comparable as both feedstock supplier and renewable fuel producer via Diamond Green Diesel.
• Renewable Energy Group (REG, now Chevron): Largest US biodiesel producer prior to Chevron acquisition, with multi-facility renewable diesel and biodiesel production. Direct peer in biodiesel transesterification technology, feedstock base, and customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Global agribusiness and biodiesel producer with vegetable oil processing that supplies biofuel feedstock. Competes with Seaboard for the same agricultural-based biofuel feedstock streams and operates biodiesel facilities in North America and Europe.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global agribusiness giant producing biodiesel and renewable diesel from corn oil and vegetable oils, with operations overlapping Seaboard's feedstock-processing model. Larger, more diversified, but competes in the same agricultural-feedstock-to-biofuel value chain.
• Marathon Petroleum (renewable diesel): Converted the Martinez and Dickinson refineries to renewable diesel production, with combined capacity exceeding 1 billion gallons annually. Larger, integrated refiner with similar technology pathway and feedstock base, competing in the same offtake markets.
• Phillips 66 (Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex): Converted the Rodeo refinery in California into one of the world's largest renewable diesel facilities. Major integrated energy player with overlapping renewable diesel production targeting the same LCFS-rich California market as Seaboard's Madera terminal.
• bp (bp pulse / Castrol / bioenergy): Integrated energy major investing in biofuels including renewable diesel through its bioenergy segment. Competes with Seaboard for marine and transportation biofuel volumes, with similar large-scale supply capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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