Western Research Institute (WRI) is a multi-million dollar, not-for-profit, research organization renowned for work on the chemistry of carbon, natural resources and wastes. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, on a 27-acre campus, WRI has laboratories, pilot facilities and room for new development: we can design, build and operate your next pilot or demo-plant. Current projects cover asphalt, heavy oil and refinery efficiency, mesophase pitch and carbon fibers, advanced carbon materials, coal gasification and upgrading, organic waste (including biomass, plastics and composites) liquefaction and critical minerals. With more than a century of World-class chemical research, WRI offers the full matrix of resources - experience, expertise, infrastructure and industry connections - to help our partners realize the potential of their concepts from lab to market.