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Southeastern Petroleum starts on $30M facility |
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 |
Staff Report
CHESTER COUNTY -- Southeastern Petroleum broke ground Tuesday for its new $30 million manufacturing facility in Chester County.
The company announced its plans to build the new facility, which is expected to create 24 new jobs, in January. Today’s groundbreaking marked the company’s initial step in its green manufacturing operations in Chester County.
“Our plans are to expand Southeastern Petroleum in the future and build a Pesco-Beam R&D center on the property. We are glad to be part of Chester County,” said Richard L. Erwin, project consultant and corporate liaison for Pesco-Beam Environmental Solutions Inc. and Southeastern Petroleum.
Donald G. Burnette Sr., president of Southeastern Petroleum, is partnering with Pesco-Beam to bring the state-of-the-art facility to Chester County.
Southeastern Petroleum is a green manufacturer of base oils used in the production of lubricants. Once the Chester County facility is fully operational, the company expects to produce up to 10 million gallons annually there.
Pesco-Beam, the majority stakeholder in Southeastern Petroleum, designs and builds systems that recover high-quality oils from used oil streams to be placed back into the market.
Pesco-Beam specializes in custom design systems to meet the specific need of each individual client. These systems combine technologies that will produce a superior product without producing more waste which can damage the environment.
The S.C. Department of Commerce and Chester County joined in today’s groundbreaking.
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