For industry executives, an edible oil refinery is far more than a purification facility. It is the core strategic asset that determines your final product’s market positioning, profit margin, and long-term competitiveness. In today’s market, the refinery’s function has evolved from simply making oil “edible” to precisely engineering its value—whether that means maximizing yield from commodity seeds, preserving the premium qualities of specialty oils, or transforming by-products into new revenue streams.
The Core Challenge: Balancing Quality, Yield, and Cost in Every Drop
The fundamental task of refining—removing impurities like gums, free fatty acids, pigments, and odors—is universally understood. The real challenge lies in executing this with minimal loss of valuable oil (yield) and minimal consumption of energy and chemicals (cost), all while preserving or enhancing desired nutritional components (quality). Every percentage point in yield or efficiency translates directly to your bottom line.
Ocean’s Engineered Approach: Integrated Technologies for Defined Outcomes
Ocean designs refineries as integrated systems where each advanced process is a lever for financial and qualitative results:
- Intelligent Deacidification: The choice between Chemical Neutralization and Physical Refining is not arbitrary. We analyze your crude oil to recommend the path that offers the optimal balance of oil yield, operational cost, and environmental impact. For high-acid oils, our physical refining technology is a game-changer.
- Precision Bleaching & Filtration: Our Automatic Bleaching Earth Dosing System ensures exact, minimal use of adsorbent, reducing both material cost and oil retention in spent earth. Coupled with Plasticizer Removal Technology, it guarantees exceptional purity for sensitive markets.
- The Deodorization Crucible: This is where oil gets its final taste and nutritional profile. Ocean’s Dual-Tower & Dual-Temperature Segmented Deodorization with Cryogenic Vacuum technology achieves two vital goals: 1) Slashing steam consumption by 25-30% through superior heat recovery, and 2) Preserving over 80% of natural tocopherols (Vitamin E) while ensuring Zero Trans Fatty Acid formation, meeting the highest health standards.
From Diverse Feedstock to Premium Products: Maximizing Asset Utilization
A modern refinery must be versatile. Ocean’s systems are engineered to handle a spectrum from common oils (soybean, rapeseed, sunflower) to high-value specialties (avocado, shea butter, rice bran). This flexibility is backed by our pilot refining unit and collaboration with Henan University of Technology, allowing us to co-develop processes for novel oils and valorize by-products—turning spent bleaching earth, soapstock, and acid oil from cost centers into sources of fatty acids, biodiesel, or recovered nutrients.
Your Strategic Partner in CapEx to OpEx Optimization
Investing in a refinery is a major decision. Ocean functions as your technical and financial partner, delivering tailored solutions from compact 5 TPD skid-mounted units to 1,500 TPD full-scale plants. Our over 200 successful projects globally are a testament to our ability to translate process expertise into predictable operational performance. We focus on the Total Cost of Ownership, designing systems that not only meet your capacity needs but are optimized for the lowest possible operating cost per ton, ensuring your refinery is a durable source of profitability for decades.
In essence, the functionality of an Ocean edible oil refinery is to be your most reliable and efficient partner in transforming raw materials into precisely defined, high-margin products while future-proofing your operation against evolving market and regulatory demands.
