In the last 41 minutes, the world consumed 100 million gallons of petroleum - the equivalent annual output of a commercial ethanol plant.

Worldwide demand for petroleum products is insatiable. In the United States alone, there are 200,000 miles of pipeline, 170,000 fueling stations, and 243 million registered vehicles - all optimized for petroleum-based transportation fuels. These powerful network effects reinforce the dominance of hydrocarbon fuels and necessitate second-generation biofuels that are compatible with this existing distribution and consumer infrastructure.

LS9 UltraClean™ products are a family of fuels produced by LS9 DesignerMicrobes™ created through the power of synthetic biology. Starting from low-carbon, natural sources of sugar such as sugar cane and cellulosic biomass, these renewable fuels will fundamentally change the transportation fuels landscape and set the stage for petroleum displacement. LS9 UltraClean™ fuels have higher energetic content than ethanol or butanol and have fuel properties that are essentially indistinguishable from those of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

LS9's technology provides a means to genetically control the structure and function of its fuels, enabling a product portfolio that meets the diverse demands of the petroleum economy. LS9 UltraClean™ fuels overcome a number of key challenges associated with first-generation biofuels, including infrastructure compatibility, product diversity, product economics, and quality consistency. LS9 UltraClean™ fuels can go directly into vehicles without engine modification. The products are designed to be cost-competitive with traditional petroleum products - without subsidies - and be commercially available within the next few years.

Based on a highly efficient production method, LS9 UltraClean™ fuels offer increased environmental benefits over production and refinement of crude oil and ethanol. LS9 UltraClean™ fuels offer an 80% reduction in Green House Gas emissions when compared to conventional fuel production. In addition, LS9 UltraClean™ fuels contain no carcinogens like benzene (commonly found in petroleum) and only trace amounts of sulfur.