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Pacific Ethanol, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Monday, 3/30/20, at 4:13pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1213900-20-7976   ·   File #:  0-21467

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/30/20  Pacific Ethanol, Inc.             10-K       12/31/19  110:13M                                    Edgar Agents LLC/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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                Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934                
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                Credit Agreement Dated November 19, 2019                         
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                Accounting Firm                                                  
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21: R17         Pension Plans.                                      HTML     67K 
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104: R23         Fair Value Measurements.                            HTML     68K  
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30: R25         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited).               HTML     49K 
63: R26         Subsequent Event.                                   HTML     30K 
103: R27         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML    162K  
                (Policies)                                                       
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details 1)                                                      
33: R44         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     44K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
43: R45         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     35K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
110: R46         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     50K  
                (Details 4)                                                      
71: R47         Organization and Significant Accounting Policies.   HTML     80K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
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<import namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/country/2017-01-31" schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/country/2017/country-2017-01-31.xsd"/>
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