Cobalt Technologies and Fluor have entered into an agreement under which Fluor is to provide Cobalt with engineering consulting services in order to help Cobalt Technologies reach commercial production of its biobutanol technology. In addition, Fuor is to provide EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance) services to Cobalt for their demonstration and commercial scale biobutanol facilities.

Biobutanol is the end product of a conversion process during which Cobalt Technologies takes non-food feedstock (forest waste, mill residues, etc) and makes biobutanol. The technology further makes use of microbes, and provides design solutions for bioreactors and process engineering. Biobutanol is then used as an alternative fuel, for engines and other combustion processes.

[source: Cobalt Technologies]