Puts on Oil
Cepsa consolidates its leadership in the oleochemical sector with new plant in Dumai
Dumai (Indonesia), Sep14 (EFE).- Oil company Cepsa has started production at its new oleochemical plant, located on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, which is capable of generating 160,000 tonnes per year in fatty alcohols using 100 percent sustainable palm kernel oil.
Thanks to the opening of this facility, the Spanish company adds to its product catalog the possibility of offering its customers raw materials for the manufacture of detergents, both petroleum-based - through its activity in other plants - and from vegetable derived sources.
In this sense, the alcohols made in Dimai- whose plant was built together with one of the leading companies in the sector, through the Sinar Mas Cepsa joint venture - will also be used as raw material for another range of everyday products, such as toothpaste and shampoo, positioning Cepsa in a new market: personal care products.
In addition, the joint venture will directly supply the raw material to a Sinar Mas Cepsa plant located in Germany, where the sulfation process is carried out on ethoxylated alcohols, which will be sold in both Eastern and Western Europe.
With an investment of 300 million euros, the new plant is already a model of self-sufficiency, producing its own electricity and treating its wastewater and complying with the highest safety standards.
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