Bolivia further developing palm oil for biodiesel and HVO production

In Bolivia, Eju reports President Arce announced on Saturday that the Bolivian Fiscal Petroleum Deposits (YPFB), companies dedicated to oil production and the Ministry of Rural Development undertook the production of African palm in various regions of the country to use it as a raw material in the production of biodiesel. He also announced that production will begin next month at an HVO pilot plant and by August next year a much larger plant will be built to cover 50 or 55% of the country’s demand.