Thai Oleochemicals Company and Thai Fatty Alcohols Company have jointly commissioned Uhde to build a turnkey plant complex for the combined production of biodiesel (methyl ester) and fatty alcohols at Map Ta Phut, an industrial location some 150 km south-east of Bangkok. The contract is for a 200,000 tonnes-per-year methyl ester plant and a fatty alcohol plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes. The scope of the contract includes the engineering, the supply of all materials and equipment, the construction and supervisory services. The contract is worth some EUR 95 million.
The methyl ester plant is due to come on-stream in late 2007, followed by the commissioning of the fatty alcohol plant in January 2008.
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