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‘Diesel nut’ development brings Texas A&M AgriLife, Chevron together

Collaboration will utilize peanuts to potentially develop feedstock for lower-carbon fuel production

Peanut oil powered the world’s first diesel engine when it was premiered by Rudolf Diesel at the World Exposition in Paris in 1900. Now, a collaboration between Chevron and Texas A&M AgriLife is reviving the use of peanuts as a renewable feedstock for diesel fuel with a lower carbon intensity.

Dr. John Cason and Charles Simpson in a peanut green house on July 20, 2021 in Stephenville, Texas. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)