Plant assessment report – Refinery & oil mill

Total Land – 9750 M2

Built area – 4000 M2 (approx. no drawings were available) – 3 stores, oil mill room, refined oil
storage room and refinery production rooms

Oil Mill :

Plant consist of 40 TPD double pressing expellers (4 nos, 2 first press, 2 final press) and all
related equipment. Plant design as follows

Bag emptying
Destoner / cooker
system by a Seeds cracker
seperator conditioner
suction blower

Cooker
Pre press 2 Pre press 1 Seeds flaker
conditioner

vertical PLF
oil collection
Final press 1 Final press 2 filter with
tank
piston pump

horzontal plate
& frame filter

Common utilities which are available on site are – Wood burn boiler, vertical fuel burn boiler,
cooling tower with pump room, Generator and transformer, low pressure compressor.

In oil mill section, all equipment’s are in bad condition with major over haul works required.
Boiler and cooling tower are in good condition.

All equipment’s supplied by Sanmenxia co, China in 1995

Refinery section

Plant consist of 40 TPD batch refinery suitable for SF, CS, GN, NS etc. Plant design is as follows,
 neutralizing kettle - bleaching section -
crude oil tank oil storage tank
2 nos, 10 Ton each 2 reaction tanks

continuous
dryer - 2 continuous
Deodorizer column Bleaching PLF filter
bleached oil tank driers with vaccum
with single chamber 40 TPD continuous
system
design

vaccum system with

barometric refined oil tanks
condensers

In refinery section, equipment’s are in better condition and with minor repair works, it can be
operational.

To convert the refinery to continuous refinery, it need complete redesigning and should add
neutralizing section with separators, reactor, heat exchangers and continuous dosing system.

Current value:

Bank is expecting 12 M birr for the complete facility

As per the current assessment of the building and equipment’s the cost estimates as follows

Oil mill – 60,000 USD (except conveyor system and PLF filter, rest all in
bad condition)

Boiler and cooling tower – 50,000 USD

Refinery – 80,000 USD

Buildings – 200,000 USD

Land – not sure about the land price, the land has currently 90 years lease contract

Total current value excluding land – 390,000 USD

Extra investment needed incase to operate at current condition:

Oil mill rehabilitation – includes, replacing the completing electrical panel, repairing the worms
and screws of expellers, replacing belts, repairing gear boxes, fixing valves, bags emptying
system overhauling, PLF filter leaves replacement, piston pump repair, steam lines replacement
and conveyor repair

Refinery Rehabilitation – complete CIP, hydraulic test, pumps repair, PLF filter leaves,
barometric condenser repair, insulation works, electrical panel repair and gear boxes
maintenance

Boiler – complete hydraulic test, body & tubes inspection, valves repair, piping maintenance

Cooling tower – cleaning and inspection

Cleaning and clearing works at the premises

Oil mill rehabilitation – 120,000 USD

Refinery rehabilitation – 30,000 USD

Boiler repair – 25,000 USD

Cooling tower – 5,000 USD

Land & building cleaning works – 10,000 USD

Total - 190,000 USD

Incase to upgrade the refinery to continuous refinery, it needs around 650,000 EURO
investment to have a capacity of 50 TPD with Neutralizing, Bleaching, Dewaxing & Deodorizing
sections.