Reliability through experience
BORG EL-ARAB Oil Mill, Alexandria, Egypt
2000
Construction of a turn-key vegetable oil mill to proceed various seeds and oils
Customer
BORG EL-ARAB – Egypt
General contractor
De Smet Engineers & Contractors
Scope of works
Design, supply, co-ordination of construction and installation, training, commissioning and technical assistance
Industrial operation
2000
Main sub-contractors involved
Extraction De Smet
Plant capacity
Crushing :
- 400 MTPD of soybean
- 200 MTPD of black cottonseed
Refining :
- 200 MTPD
Processing units
- Seed storage silos
Oil storage tanks
Preparation with expander
Soyabean/cottonseed dehullings
Solvent extraction plant
Refinery plant
Meal bagging unit
Oil conditioning including bottles manufacturing
Utilities
- Steam generating plant
- Compressed air unit
- Water cooling system
- Effluent treatment
- Fire fighting system
Auxiliaries
- Electricity distribution
- Workshop equipment
- Laboratory equipment
- Truck weigh bridge
