At Port of Longview, company aims to make jet fuel out of timber waste

By: Henry Brannan

Outlets: The Columbian

Published: November 8, 2025

Words: 1,263

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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If Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels has its way, the Port of Longview may soon have a $2.4 billion sustainable aviation fuel plant.

But the megaproject to turn timber waste into jet fuel has faced a slew of challenges to its effort to land at the giant riverfront Barlow Point site, leaving the project hanging in limbo after nearly four years.

The people behind Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels have maintained for months that the project is weeks away …

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