Todd Becker
Analyst · Stephens. Your line is now open.
Well, because, it was a shutdown quarter, our OpEx per gallon is a bit higher, because looking at September, it was higher. And in July and August, our OpEx per gallon ran close to $0.27 to $0.275, and then in September it runs higher, in October it runs higher because of shutdowns. We believe now in November-December, we'll return back to that $0.27 to - between $0.27 and $0.28 a gallon which is still significantly lower than we have run ever in the past for many, many years. And then with Wood River fully coming back online by the first quarter, we believe we'll be sub-$0.27 a gallon and start to move lower from there whereby June of next year, we will be sub-$0.24 a gallon. We believe the results of what we've done and everything that we've seen Project 24 is actually sub Project 24 at this point and we believe the platform can be below $0.24 a gallon, basis everything we now know about these projects and some of the things that we're finding out as we start Wood River back up and really get both sides operating. We've run at full rates and now we're just lining everything out at Wood River. But overall, within the next - every single month, we should start to see declines as more and more of our plants start to come on with the projects. And I think when we get down to sub $0.24 a gallon, while there are plants below $0.20 today, in fact Shenandoah or an Obion runs sometimes below $0.20 a gallon. We believe Wood River will be in that $0.21 to $0.22 a gallon puts itself into top 20 or 30 plants in the industry today. And then after that, the whole platform sub-$0.24 a gallon we believe firmly puts us in that top 25% range of this industry and that's with multiple different original technologies. But I think if you would ask anybody about our upgrades and I've asked the question, is this going to be as good as an ICM and there is some - and the answer even though there's obviously some base technology still around the plant, the answer is it's good or better in terms of energy efficiencies, size, scope and scale of some of the things that we put in and really redefining a technology on our plants going forward. And when we say while the base was Delta-T or Vogelbusch, the finish was ICM to bring them back into line with traditional ICM plants. Obviously, there are some really great plants operating out there, newer or vintage plants that have spent a lot of money to get below $0.20 a gallon operating costs. But overall, we believe that our platform will be highly aggressive in terms of our ability to compete with the very best individuals’ plants.