Life Science & Energy Australia

Seed to oil to fuel and feed.

Modular processing technology that turns Australian-grown canola and sunflower seed, and used cooking oil, into cooking oil, low-carbon diesel, lubricants and animal feed.

20+ yearsproviding fuel manufacturing technology internationally
Up to 120 toutput per month from a single plant
4 outputscooking oil, diesel, lubricants and animal feed
No glycerolby-product stream, unlike conventional biodiesel processing
What the technology makes

One oilseed, four useful products

Full processing technology from the seed to oil, fuel and lubricants. The oil becomes food and fuel, and the oil cake becomes stock feed.

Cooking oil

Organic cooking oil pressed from canola or sunflower seed.

Diesel

Vehicle diesel and light diesel made from plant oil and used cooking oil.

Lubricants and greases

Plant-oil based oils and greases in a range of viscosities.

Animal feed

Oil cake left after pressing, used as a feed ingredient for livestock.

How it works

From the paddock to the fuel tank

  1. Grow and collect

    Australian-grown canola or sunflower seed, plus used cooking oil collected locally.

  2. Press

    Seed is pressed into cooking oil. The remaining oil cake goes to animal feed.

  3. Convert

    Oil is converted with an enzyme process into diesel and lubricant base oils.

  4. Supply locally

    Fuel, oil and feed are produced and used in the region where the seed is grown.

Processing plant room with conical stainless steel tanks, pipework and bulk liquid containers
Why Australia

Home-grown fuel for a country that relies on imports

Australia depends heavily on imported crude oil and refined fuel. Distributed regional plants using local canola, sunflower and waste cooking oil can add domestic supply, support farm incomes and create regional jobs.

Bottles of amber diesel samples taken during processing
Projects worldwide

Plants built across Asia and Africa

Our technology has been built into diesel plants in Indonesia, Malaysia, China and South Africa, and into a micro-diesel system for a construction company in Singapore.

Stainless steel processing tanks at the large diesel plant in Semarang, Indonesia
Large diesel plant, Semarang, Indonesia
Row of white and stainless steel process tanks at the diesel plant in Zhuhai, China
Large diesel plant, Zhuhai, China
Smaller output diesel plant being manufactured in Malaysia
Smaller output plant, Malaysia

Grow oilseed or run a regional business?

Find out how a local plant could turn seed and used oil into fuel, oil and feed.