On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:34:08 -0500, WaIIy
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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:39:02 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

After you previous post about bio-diesel I investigated used cooking
oil in thailand and found that the big fast food chains, Mcdonalds,
KFC, etc., all have contracts to selling their used cooking oil - to
whom or for what they did not, would not, discuss.

The normal Thai/Chinese kitchen does not produce any appreciable
amount of used cooking oil as most dishes are prepared in a wok and
the oil becomes part of the food.

I also priced new palm oil and at the moment it is slightly higher in
price then diesel.

So, at least for now, there is no free lunch in thailand :-)

Used cooking oil fuels Thai crimefighters

Nov 14, 2007

BANGKOK (AFP) — Thailand's police are turning to used cooking oil
as they seek cheaper and more environmentally-friendly fuels in
the face of soaring oil prices, they said Wednesday.

Police budgets have been hit hard by oil prices of more than 90
dollars a barrel, forcing them to tap alternative sources such as
biodiesel made from old cooking oil donated by hotels, fast food
shops and even shrines.

"The purpose of this project is in response to the King urging us
to use biodiesel, save the budget, reduce pollution," Lieutenant
Colonel Tepvisit Potigengrid, deputy commander of Bangkok's
Bangrak district, told AFP.

He said homemade biodiesel now accounted for 50 percent of the
fuel used at his city centre station since the project was
launched in March.

Out of the 88 police stations in the Thai capital, eight have
adopted the project.

http://www.mywire.com/pubs/AFP/2007/11/14/4947523

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Thai oil refiner to produce biodiesel with vegetable oil


A Thai major oil refiner, Bangchak Petroleum Plc, has launched a project
to buy used vegetable oil from consumers to produce biodiesel to help
recycle vegetable oil that would otherwise provide a health risk and
disposal problem.

Bangchak president Anusorn Saengnimnuan and Prince of Songkhla
University (PSU), Hat Yai Campus Rector Boonsom Siribamrungsuk signed an
agreement to cooperate in producing biodiesel from used vegetable oil,
Thai News Agency reported Monday.

Anusorn said Bangchak is now constructing biodiesel refinery which has a
capacity of 20,000 liters per day which is expected to be completed in
November.

The biodiesel refinery would use technology developed by PSU and
biodiesel from the plant would be sold at Bangchak's gas stations, he
said.

Five Bangchak petrol stations in Bangkok will initially buy used
vegetable oil from consumers at 12 baht per kilogram if the oil passes
the company's acceptance criteria such as bright color and not being
contaminated with water or food.

One liter of used vegetable oil can produce 0.9 liter of biodiesel fuel,
according to the company.

The program is in response to the Thai government policy to promote the
use of biodiesel to 8.5 million liters per day, Anusorn said, as
Bangchak expects to have 100 biodiesel stations operational by the end
of this year.

Source:Xinhua

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/20...05_299669.html


Yes, I read those articles some months ago in the Bangkok Post (the
largest English language newspaper in Thailand) however, other then
the article nothing more appears to be happening. As far as the police
using bio-diesel at 8 of 88 police stations in Bangkok it frankly
sounds rather strange as the Bangkok police's major use of motor
vehicles in Bangkok is motorcycles. Not diesel trucks.

If Bangchak plans on having 100 biodiesel stations operational by the
end of the year they better get started as it is November and not a
one is under construction. In fact, to the best of my knowledge,
Bangchak only refines fuel, I believe it has no retail sales at all.

A brother-in-law had plans to start a palm oil refinery in N.E.
Thailand to produce biodiesel and abandoned the project as there was
no interest by trucking companies and the banks felt the idea was poor
and had no interest in investing.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
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