DekelOil Public Limited, operator and 51% owner of the vertically integrated Ayenouan palm oil project in Côte d’Ivoire, has told DirectorsTalk that the Kernel Crushing Plant (‘KCP’) at the project is in the wet testing phase and pilot production has commenced.
The KCP has been built in line with the Company’s strategy to increase sales and profitability via the sale of Palm Kernel Oil and Palm Kernel Cake. The KCP is on course to commence commercial operations in the next few weeks. Additionally, the Company has entered arrangements with local refineries and suppliers which will see all of this value added product sold at the factory gate.
DekelOil Executive Director Lincoln Moore said, “The KCP will significantly enhance the economics of our Ayenouan project where we recently announced a more than doubling of CPO production from our state of the art mill for the nine months to 30 September to 29,137 tonnes, compared to the whole of 2014. With the testing phase now underway, it is clear that we will deliver this asset on time, and we look forward to entering 2016 with an additional revenue stream ahead of peak production season.”
