New management at IEO

Inland Empire Oilseeds, LLC (IEO), Odessa’s biodiesel plant that has been running with a skeleton crew of four to six employees since laying off about 20 members of its crew last June, has finally found an investor willing to put money into getting the plant back into full production mode.

As is so often the case when a new owner or majority shareholder comes on board, personnel changes have already begun. Steve Starr, general manager of IEO since late 2008 and an avid and vocal proponent of biodiesel fuels, has already been replaced by one of the principles of the company that is the new majo...