Burning Fat

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From: Bill Berkeland @ ENRON 12/08/2000 03:43 PM

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Subject: Burning Fat

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From: Jennifer Fraser @ ECT 12/07/2000 02:40 PM

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Clarke/LON/ECT@ECT, Alex Mcleish/EU/Enron@Enron, Caroline
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Subject: Burning Fat

Vikas - What's the market in nat gas versus lard and heating oil versus olive
oil
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"Joel K. Gamble" <Joel_K._Gamble@arrowindustries.com<@wwwww.aescon.com on
12/07/2000 12:33:40 PM
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Subject: Burning Fat

Some of our food processing factories in the Midwest which have fuel switching
capability find it profitable at these gas prices to burn rendered animal fat
in
lieu of natural gas. Apparently, the doesn't hurt the boiler machinery. One
of
the guys responsible for this move did a back of the envelope calculation and
found that at $8.00 / Dth NG prices it was even profitable to buy olive oil in
bulk as a heating fuel. They haven't used veggie oil yet but are considering
it. Anyone else hear any stories of end users switching to unusual fuels?

Regards