Semi-Peanut Oil Refinery And Fractionation in Egypt

1-200T Peanut Oil Crude Oil Refinery Plant in Egypt

Which oil is imported by Egypt?
It is clear that palm oil is the major oil imported by Egypt whereby it represents about 60% of total imported oils in 2018 while the quantity imported from corn oil is the least being about 3% in the same year. Palm oil is imported from Indonesia and Malaysia after being refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD).
How has the production of cottonseed oil changed in Egypt?
According to that Figure, it is quite clear that the production of cottonseed oil in Egypt has been decreased greatly over the years from 1969 whereby it was 125 thousand tons oil in 1969 to 10 thousand tons only in 2019. 2.
How much oil does Egypt eat a year?
Currently, Egypt consumes about 2.5 million tons of edible oils annually. Only, about 48.5 thousand tons of this quantity is produced by oilseed extraction in local extraction plants. About half of this quantity is produced mainly from cottonseed produced as a byproduct of cotton ginning industry.
How is crude oil refining done?
The refining of the crude oil is usually done in several consecutive steps. These include the removal of free fatty acids either using alkaline sodium hydroxide or physically by distilling off the free acids at high temperature under vacuum. The choice of the suitable technology to be adopted depends on the type of crude oil.