Pupuk Kaltim to Study the Development of the Oleochemical Industry

Currently, Indonesia still exports most of its unprocessed crude palm oil. As a company engaged in the chemical sector, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (PKT) sees the importance of spurring the downstreaming of CPO so that the domestic oleochemical industry can generate added value.

President Director of PKT, Rahmad Pribadi, said that in order to diversify its business, PKT will not only develop natural gas derivative industries, but will also develop industries that use renewable resources, such as the development of the oleochemical industry and its derivatives which are advanced products from CPO or coconut. palm. "This step is also one of the PKT development strategies, in order to help maximize the potential of the palm oil sector and ensure that the process of increasing added value from the downstream palm oil industry can be carried out entirely in-house in Indonesia," explained Rahmad in his official statement, Rahmad Pribadi showed his optimism in the potential of the downstream oleochemical industry in East Kalimantan, where the current CPO production figure in East Kalimantan reaches 4.3 million tons per year. However, currently there is no advanced oleochemical processing industry in this region. To cultivate the potential of the oleochemical industry in East Kalimantan and Indonesia in general, PKT is currently conducting a study to build an oleochemical factory that will produce derivative products in the form of fatty acids with a potential production capacity of 100 thousand tons per year.

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