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PACIFIC ETHANOL PLANTS. (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 03, 2017 | Dec. 15, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Ethanol production capacity per year |  |  |  |  | 605 million gallons per year |  | 605 million gallons of annual production capacity, of which plant assets representing 355 million gallons of capacity are either unencumbered, or their entire sales proceeds would be used to repay the senior secured notes. The Company has engaged an independent third party to help facilitate the marketing of certain of these assets; and in excess of $20 million of equity available under the Company’s shelf registration statement, including under its at-the-market equity program. |  |
Net Revenue |  |  | $ 365,160 | $ 370,407 | $ 1,067,264 | $ 1,180,956 | $ 1,515,371 | $ 1,632,255 | $ 1,624,758
Pre-tax income |  |  | (29,073) | (9,304) | (51,524) | (33,968) | (68,498) | (38,395) | 545
Gain on settlement |  |  | $ 8,687 | $ 8,970 | $ 23,630 | $ 27,183 | $ 36,373 | $ 31,516 | $ 30,849
Pacific Aurora [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ownership interest sold |  | 14.22% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pacific Aurora [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity interest owned |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  | 73.93% | 73.93% |
Cash received in sale of subsidiary |  | $ 30,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Description of agreement closed term |  | (i) PE Central contributed to Pacific Aurora 100% of the equity interests of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Pacific Ethanol Aurora East, LLC (“AE”) and Pacific Ethanol Aurora West, LLC (“AW”), which owned the Company’s Aurora East and Aurora West ethanol plants, respectively, in exchange for an 88.15% ownership interest in Pacific Aurora, and (ii) ACEC contributed to Pacific Aurora its grain elevator adjacent to the Aurora East and Aurora West properties and related grain handling assets, including the outer rail loop and the real property on which they are located, in exchange for an 11.85% ownership interest in Pacific Aurora. |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ACEC contribution in assets |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 16,500 |  |
ACEC additional cash contribution |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30,000 |  |
Additional paid in capital for book value and contribution and sale |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 16,200 |  |
Pacific Aurora [Member] | ACEC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity interest owned |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26.07% | 26.07% |
ICP [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity interest owned | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash received in sale of subsidiary | $ 30,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock issued for acquisition, value | $ 46,900 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ethanol production capacity per year | 90 million gallon per year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 11,636 |  |
Net Revenue |  |  |  |  |  |  | 163,100 | $ 75,900 |
Pre-tax income |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,500 | $ 3,700 |

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