CCI
OUR HISTORY

CCI has consistently created value in global energy commodity markets

CCI-History-Ship-Sea-Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC

CCI was formed in 1997 as a subsidiary of the Louis Dreyfus Group and became Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC in 2006. Acquired in 2012 by a group of private investors and management, the company was renamed Castleton Commodities International LLC.

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1997

Louis Dreyfus Group forms an energy merchant subsidiary.

2006

Highbridge Capital Management LLC makes a significant minority equity investment in the Louis Dreyfus Group’s energy merchant subsidiary, forming Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC.

2011

Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy monetizes its midstream energy asset portfolio.

2012

Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy is acquired by management and a group of private investors. The newly established company is renamed Castleton Commodities International LLC ("CCI").

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CCI acquires two gas-fired power assets, Rensselaer (NY) and Signal Hill (TX).

2013

CCI acquires Roseton, a dual fuel-fired generation station in New York.

2015

CCI closes on its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s Global Oil Merchanting business, one of the world’s leading physical oil and products franchises.

2016

CCI acquires certain East Texas assets from Anadarko, making it one of the largest independent gas producers in East Texas.

2017

CCI acquires MaasStroom, a combined cycle power plant located in the Netherlands and acquires a controlling stake in Delta-Energy Group, a green chemical company that converts end-of-life tires into specialty chemicals and recovered carbon black. Tokyo Gas completes a strategic equity investment in CCI’s upstream business, TG Natural Resources (formerly Castleton Resources).

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MaasStroom Energie C.V.

2018

CCI, as part of a JV, acquires a power portfolio from Eversource Energy, rebranding it Granite Shore Power. CCI also acquires NorTex Midstream in Texas and a 50% stake in the Enecogen Power Plant in the Netherlands.

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Enecogen V.O.F.

2019

CCI acquires Sherbino I wind farm in Texas, Mt. Storm wind farm in West Virginia and acquires Shell’s Haynesville assets through TG Natural Resources.

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Sherbino I

2020

CCI acquires a natural gas-fired combined cycle plant in Amorebieta, the Basque Country, Spain and acquires upstream assets in Northern Louisiana through TG Natural Resources, reducing its ownership interest to 27%.

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Bizkaia Energía

2021

CCI monetizes NorTex Midstream, Mt. Storm wind farm, Sherbino I wind farm and Granite Shore Power. CCI reduces ownership interest in TG Natural Resources to 21%.

2023

CCI acquires a majority stake in S4 Energy BV (Netherlands) and Lower 48 Energy Ltd. (UK), two battery storage owners, operators and developers; and a majority stake in New Salem Harbor (MA), a combined cycle power plant. CCI also monetizes Netherlands Power portfolio.

New Salem Harbor

2024

CCI, through its subsidiary S4 Energy, acquires LC Energy’s battery storage platform (NL), a grid-scale high-voltage battery energy storage systems (BESS) developer, and a portfolio of BESS projects (DE) from Terra One. CCI also acquires Hunlock (PA) power plant.

Global Presence

Headquartered in the United States, CCI conducts business around the world.

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