CNOOC Biolux to hold trial run of biodiesel plant in March

CNOOC Biolux (Nantong) Bioenergy Protein Feed Co. Ltd., a joint venture between China’s CNOOC New Energy Investment Co. Ltd. and Austria’s BIOLUX Biofuel Biotreibstoffproduktions- und Handels GmbH, announced in early December that a trial run of its biodiesel project has been scheduled in March 2012. The biodiesel plant is located in Nantong Eco & Tech Development Zone, Jiangsu province. It will manufacture biodiesel using natural raw materials, such as cottonseed. It will also produce by-products like biological protein feeds and high quality glycerin. (December 21, 2011)