England-based oil company teams up with S.D. Soybean Processors on $500M multi-seed processing facility

Plant near Mitchell will process 35 million bushels of soybeans annually

The multinational global gas and oil company BP has signed onto a $500 million construction project for a multi-seed processing facility in Davison County.

High Plains Processing, LLC, a subsidiary of South Dakota Soybean Processors (SDSP), announced a joint venture with BP Products North America Inc. on Tuesday. They will co-own the facility that companies and state official say will create more than 80 new jobs in the Mitchell area and allow the England-based company to increase its daily production of biofuels to 100,000 gallons by 2030.

Mark Hyde, Jonathan Kleinjan, Craig Weber, Governor Kristi Noem, Tom Kersting, Mark Hagan, Carl Odde and John Prohaska pose for a photo during Tuesday’s groundbreaking.

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