Sarawak Oil Palms Increased Delivery of Palm Methyl Ester to Petronas, Shell Depots

Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd (SOP) delivered 179,579 MT of palm methyl ester (PME) to Petronas and Shell depots throughout Sarawak in 2023, an increase of 11.1 percent from 161,672 MT in 2022, the Bernama, Bintulu reported on April 27.  SOP chief operating officer Eric Kiu Kwong Seng said the figures reflected the company’s commitment to meeting the growing demand for sustainable energy solutions in the country.  The company’s crude glycerol exports likewise experienced a significant increase, reaching 22,244  MT in 2023, he added.

Kiu said the company’s biodiesel plant at the Kidurong Industrial Estate Phase 2 is capable of processing 600 MT per day while its phytonutrient plant has a daily production capacity of 300 MT. Speaking at the opening of the company’s Refinery and Fractionation Plant 2, by Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, Kiu said SOP is committed to strengthening its future prospects by realizing its vision to become a fully integrated oil palm plantation group in Sarawak.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SOP Industries Sdn Bhd, SOP leads the development of the Palm Oil Downstream Complex which plays an important role in the production of various downstream palm oil products, including refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm oil, RBD palm olein, RBD palm stearin, palm kernel expeller, crude palm kernel oil, PME, glycerol, distilled methyl ester, acid oil, tocotrienols, and palm beta carotene, said Kiu.  He expressed the company’s hope to receive continuous support from the government which is very important to them.