D1 Oils Secures Important UK Patent on Jatropha

 

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D1 Oils Plc 
05 November 2010 
 
 
Friday, 5 November, 2010 
 
 
              D1 Oils Plc Secures Important UK Patent on Jatropha 
 
The Board of D1 Oils plc, an alternative energy company, today announces that 
the Group has secured a UK patent to detoxify Jatropha so that it can be used as 
an animal feed. 
The patent, granted by the UK Intellectual Property Office on 3rd November 2010, 
covers a process for the co-extraction of oil and a protein-rich seedcake, with 
the anti-nutritional factors removed, ideally suited for use as animal feed. D1 
Oils has been conducting a research programme during the last four years to 
enhance the value of the Jatropha business model. 
The seedcake has higher protein content than soya bean meal and should achieve 
at least price parity with it in the marketplace. Soya meal is normally priced 
at over $300/T and thus the innovation would reduce future production costs of 
crude Jatropha oil by more than 30% 
Martin Jarvis, Chief Executive Officer, said: 
"This is a major milestone in our programme. The ability to use a by-product for 
animal feed will dramatically improve the economics of growing Jatropha. We will 
now be up-scaling our process for full commercial use." 
For further information please contact: 
 
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| Brunswick Group                 |                                 | 
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| Saadia McGlinchey               | + 44 (0) 20 7404 5959           | 
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