Richard T. Penning

UOP LLC operates as a supplier and technology licensor for the petroleum refining, gas processing and petrochemical production. Its products include catalysts and adsorbents. The firm offers design, commissioning, ongoing operations, and optimization services. The company was founded on June 17, 1914 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

Rentech, Inc. supplies wood chips, wood pellets and nitrogen fertilizers. It owns patented technologies for synthetic fuels and power production. The firm owns the intellectual property including, patents pilot and demonstration data, and engineering designs for a number of clean energy technologies designed to produce certified synthetic fuels and renewable power when integrated with third-party technologies. It also owns a biomass and natural gas-to-synthetic fuels demonstration facility located in Commerce City, Colorado. The company was founded by Dennis L. Yakobson on December 18, 1981 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.