CNOOC using jatropha in Hainan plant

In China’s southern Hainan province, China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has begun the first government-run project to produce biodiesel using jatropha feedstock. CNOOC is China’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, and received the go ahead from Beijing in July 2008 to use jatropha. The refinery can produce 60,000 tons of biodiesel every year. It is now expected that the use of jatropha to generate biodiesel will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions by 140,000 tons every year. (January 25, 2010)