Ensus Group

== Who are the Ensus Group and who is behind it? ==
The Ensus Group are a bioethanol company set up to manufacture ethanol in different European
countries. Their first refinery is the Wilton plant which is currently being built at Seal Sands, near
Middlesborough. It is expected to be fully operational by March 2009. The Ensus Group states that
this will be Europe’s largest ethanol refinery. Other refineries of approximately the same size,
owned by other companies, will start production in 2009, too.
In March 2007 Ensus Group was bought by the Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings. This was
a management by-out, meaning that the management structure and team were retained. The [[Carlyle
Group]] and Riverstone Holdings are private equity firms, i.e. investment companies.[[Riverstone
Holdings]] specialising in the energy and power sector, whilst the Carlyle Group have a very wide
range of investments, including military, car and transport, energy and power, healthcare, real
estate, telecommunications, and media.. Jamie Doward,"", "The Observer", 23rd March 2003. Both firms are increasing their investment in the biofuel
sector, particularly in North America but, through Ensus, also in Europe.
=== Company websites ===
Ensus Group: http://www.ensusgroup.com/
Carlyle Group: http://www.carlyle.com/index.html
Riverstone Holdings: http://www.riverstonellc.com/index.html
== People == 
Sir Rob Margetts, CBE, FREng, FIChemE
Chairman
Chairman of Legal & General Group PLC, Ensus Limited, Energy Technologies Institute and Senior Independent Director of Anglo American PLC. Also Chairman-Europe of Huntsman Corporation. He was also Chairman of the BOC Group PLC; Chairman of the Natural Environment Research Council and a member of the Council for Science and Technology; former Vice Chairman of ICI.
Michael Fox
Deputy Chairman & Business Development Director
Alwyn Hughes
CEO
Held a number of senior roles in ICI 
David Botterill
Finance Director
Robert Easton
Non-Executive Director of Ensus Group
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Stephen Schaefer
Non-Executive Director of Ensus Group
Managing Director of Riverstone
Robert Coxon
Non-Executive Director of Ensus Group
Carlyle Senior Advisor, Chairman of Scott Bader, an international polymer and resin company, Non-Executive Director of AZ Electronic Materials, Non-Executive Director of Stahl, Chairman of the UK Center for Process Innovation, Deputy Chairman of the University of Durham and Chairman of Durham Castle, Chairman of the NE Process Industry Cluster, Non-Executive Director of The Whitehall & Industry Group. Member of the UK Chemistry Leadership Council formed to advise the U.K. government on the chemical industry. Prior to joining Carlyle, was Senior Vice President of ICI and CEO of Synetix.
Karen de Segundo
Senior Non-executive Director
Previous positions with Shell including Executive Vice-President of Oil Products in Brazil, CEO Shell International Gas & Power, Chairman Shell International Coal and most recently CEO of Shell Renewables and President of Shell Hydrogen. Currently on the Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology Plc, Koninklijke Ahold NV, Pöyry Oyj and Lonmin Plc and the Eco Advisory Board of General Electric.
Catherine Bell, CB
Non-executive Director
Led the Department of Trade and Industry as Permanent Secretary. Currently a non-executive director of Swiss Reinsurance GB and the Civil Aviation Authority, and sits on the Membership Selection Panel for Network Rail.
Sandy Anderson
Chairman Ensus UK
Formerly responsible for ICI operations on Teesside, which included the Wilton Site. Previous ICI roles include Senior Vice President Technology, Director of Engineering, General Manager Teesside Operations, Operations Director for the Tioxide Group and Director of ICI Pakistan Ltd. Currently Chairman of the University of Teesside. From Ensus website, "", last accessed 7th April 2008. 
== The Wilton refinery ==
The refinery will have the capacity to produce 410 million litres of ethanol from 1 – 1.1 million
tonnes of wheat a year. Wheat will be “predominantly sourced from Europe” From Ensus website, "", last accessed 7th April 2008. , including the UK,
with the refinery being built next to a port to facilitate imports.
Ensus has entered into contracts with the following companies with regards to the Wilton refinery:
Shell: Shell Trading have signed a long-term contract to purchase all of the ethanol which will be
produced.
Glencore International AG: They have a contract with the Ensus Group to supply all of the wheat
to the refinery and to buy the ethanol by-product DDGS (dried distillers grain with solubles) which
will be sold on to the livestock industry for animal feed.
Simon Carves: They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Sembawang Engineers and Constructors and
a member of the Punj Lloyd Group, which holds the contract for building the Wilton refinery
Semb Corp Utilities UK: A subsidiary of Singapore-based Semb Corp Utilities, describing
themselves as the “leading industrial utilities and services business on Teesside and one of the
largest in the UK, providing steam and electricity to the major manufacturers on the Wilton
International site, including Dow, Artenius UK, Croda, Sabic and Huntsman.” Semb Utilities website, "", last accessed 7th April 2008. They have been contracted to provide utilities at the refinery.
Royal Vopak: They describe themselves as “the global marketleader for the independent storage
and handling of liquid oil products, chemicals, vegetable oils and liquefied gases”. Vopak website, "", last accessed 7th April 2008. They will
provide storage for the Wilton plant and are currently expanding their Teesside terminal and
building eight new tanks for this purpose.
== References ==