new crude palm oil refining plant in thailand

   
new crude palm oil refining plant in thailand
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • new crude palm oil refining plant in thailand
Where is the thailoil refinery located?

The Thailoil refinery, located in Laemchabang, near Bangkok, Thailand, will increase production from 275,000 to 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), positioning Thailand as Asia's leading crude oil processing hub.

Does Thailand have a sustainable palm oil production system?

In contrast to Malaysia and Indonesia, Thailand has no national certification scheme for the sustainable production of palm oil (Ivancic and Koh 2016 ). The first RSPO pilot project for smallholder farmers in the country was supported by the German Organization for International Development (GIZ) and several private crushing mills.

Will Thailand become a major crude oil processing hub in Asia?

Once operational in 2023, this plant will enable Thailand to become a major crude oil processing hub in Asia, improving the quality of fuels consumed in the country, increasing energy independence from third countries, while reducing the environmental footprint of cargo ships transporting processed crude oil from those countries to Thailand.

Is quality a real issue in palm-oil production in Thailand?

In 2014, the crushing mills in southern Thailand were operating at approximately 53.27% of their capacity (Office of Agricultural Economics 2015 ). As a consequence, quality ? as opposed to quantity ? is not a real issue in these transactions. Farmers confirmed that the Thai palm-oil sector has no system to monitor the quality of FFB.