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D1 Oils Exits Biodiesel Refining Business, Focuses on Jatropha Plant Science

Posted on October 08, 2008

D1 Oils, a UK-based early entrant into the global biodiesel market (earlier post), has restructured its business to concentrate exclusively on upstream plant science; the company has closed its two UK refining sites at Middlesbrough and Bromborough and ceased oil biodiesel trading activities. Its principal focus now is the provision of the technology and services required to turn Jatropha curcas into a low-cost, sustainable crop for biodiesel. The company now has two components: a wholly-owned plant science business (D1 Oils Plant Science Limited, DOPSL); and a 50% stake in a joint venture wit...

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