RE: Tolling Manufacture by Quadrise in Antwerp-Bruges8 Feb 2024 15:30
That was already outlined in the RNS:
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Subject to the conclusion of the remaining required agreements, **including a toll manufacturing agreement between Cargill and Quadrise in respect of fuel manufacture**, Quadrise equipment is expected to be delivered to the MAC2 site to enable the Trials to commence in Q2 this year
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I suspect the arrangement is more likely to be:
- Cargill provides raw feedstocks at their own expense;
- Quadrise processes them for a fee per tonne (tolling);
- Cargill still technically owns the resulting fuel and it is sold to MSC (hence need for Cargill and MSC to agree terms, as per RNS).
- Fuel is created and stored at the MAC^2 marine terminal facility, with some fees presumably going to MAC^2 for that service (in addition to the other elements mentioned).
- Bunkering by Cargill from MAC^2 to POC and LONO vessel(s).
Usually the party performing tolling is responsible for all of their own capital and OPEX costs. So, Quadrise would need to provide their MMU, chemical costs, operational costs like staff and maintenance subcontracted, etc.
The upside of tolling is that we take a larger slice of the pie than with a pure licensing agreement. The downsides are that there are numerous costs and responsibilities involved in establishing and maintaining the facility, as well as various risk factors (operational, counterparties, etc).