Jim Mullin is Head of Energy Procurement/Co2 for JBS and Pilgrim’s Pride. He has been with the largest protein company in the world for over 11 years and responsible for the procurement and risk management of natural gas, electricity, and Co2. As Head of Energy procurement his group’s goal is to deliver the cheapest and most reliable commodities to the plant and is now incorporating sustainability objectives in procuring those commodities. He said it’s an interesting time to be part of an industry where Co2 is imperative to operations while at the same time working on multiple strategies to reduce that very same Co2! In his free time Jim is a professional chauffeur for his daughters (Masyn 14, Avery 12) who play competitive hockey across the US. When he isn’t driving he loves to fish with his girls.
Posts by Jim Mullin
Knocked Out - CO2 Users Face Supply Issues, Higher Prices as Carbon Sequestration Grows
The law of unintended consequences may be about to play out in society’s quest to sequester — or permanently store underground via enhanced oil recovery and other means — the carbon dioxide captured at ethanol plants, power generators, and other industrial facilities in the U.S. Why? Well, there are many legitimate, important uses for that manmade CO2, including in food processing and beverage making, among other industries, and diverting large volumes of captured CO2 from them to EOR and other sequestration methods due to highly attractive government incentives may put the squeeze on CO2 supply and send prices soaring. No one said that saving the planet would be easy or uncomplicated. In today’s blog, we discuss a possible hitch in the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and how it might be dealt with.