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DEBT (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |
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Mar. 21, 2019 | Mar. 30, 2018 | Jul. 31, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Aug. 20, 2019 | Aug. 06, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | [1]
Net assets |  |  |  | $ 652,860 |  |  | $ 659,981
Kinergy Marketing LLC [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unused borrowing capacity |  |  |  | 2,247 |  |  |
Description of borrowing capacity |  |  | The borrowing base under the credit facility at 90% of eligible accounts receivable, plus the lesser of (a) $50,000,000, (b) 80% of eligible inventory, or (c) 95% of the estimated recovery value of eligible inventory. |  |  |  |
Additional borrowing |  |  |  | 4,430 |  |  |
Interest rate term |  |  | Accrue interest at an annual rate equal to the daily three month LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 4.00%. |  |  |  |
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, Inc [Member] | Term Loan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Description of debt covenant |  | One of the Companyâ€™s subsidiaries, amended its term loan facility by reducing the amount of working capital it is required to maintain to not less than $13.0 million from March 31, 2018 through November 30, 2018 and not less than $16.0 million from December 1, 2018 and continuing at all times thereafter. |  |  |  |  |
Debt face amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,500 |
Debt maturity date |  | May 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, Inc [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] | Lender [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt face amount |  |  |  | $ 3,500 | $ 3,500 |  |
Debt maturity date |  |  |  | Feb. 20, 2019 |  |  |
Interest rate term | Interest rate under the facilities by 125 basis points to an annual rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR plus 5.00%. |  |  |  |  |  |
Description of maintain working capital | Working capital of not less than $15,000,000 from March 21, 2019 through July 15, 2019 and working capital of not less than $30,000,000 from July 15, 2019 and continuing at all times thereafter. |  |  |  |  |  |
Description of event of default |  |  |  | At which time the waivers will become permanent if Pacific Ethanol Central, LLC (“PE Central”), PE Pekin’s parent, has made a contribution to PE Pekin in an amount equal to $30,000,000, minus the then-existing amount of PE Pekin’s working capital, plus the amount of any accounts receivable owed by PE Central to PE Pekin, plus $12,000,000 (the “PE Central Contribution Amount”). |  |  |
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, Inc [Member] | Line of Credit [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt face amount |  |  |  | $ 10,500 |  |  |
Net assets |  |  |  | $ 184,800 |  |  |
Date of first required principal payment |  |  |  | Nov. 15, 2019 |  |  |
[1] | Amounts derived from the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018.

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