Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity and infrastructure firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired a majority interest in USD Clean Fuels (USDCF), a developer of logistics infrastructure in North America for the renewable fuels value chain.
As part of the transaction, USDCF has also acquired the West Colton Rail Terminal, a fully operational biofuels terminal in California. Ara has committed additional capital to support significant expansion of USDCF’s infrastructure footprint.
Based in Houston, Texas, USDCF develops, owns, and operates strategic infrastructure to facilitate safe, reliable and economic delivery of renewable fuel feedstocks and biofuels to production facilities and end-market demand centres. The USDCF team, led by Chief Executive Officer Dan Borgen and President Bob Copher, has a longstanding track record of developing, commercialising and operating midstream infrastructure across North America.
