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  • Where are Preem oil refineries located?
  • Preem accounts for 80 percent of the Swedish refinery capacity and 30 percent of the Nordic refinery capacity. In total, nearly 18 million cubic meters of crude oil are refined every year at both of our wholly owned refineries Preemraff Göteborg and Preemraff Lysekil.
  • How much crude oil is refined in Sweden?
  • In total, nearly 18 million cubic meters of crude oil are refined every year at both of our wholly owned refineries Preemraff Göteborg and Preemraff Lysekil. This provides a total refining capacity of around 352,000 barrels per calendar day, which corresponds to 15 percent of Sweden’s total energy consumption.
  • What is a shea nut kernel?
  • The kernel is the oil-bearing material that can be obtained by processing the shea nut fruit. The fruit primarily undergoes several processes - de-pulping, boiling, drying, deshelling, winnowing and sorting - to obtain the kernel from which the shea butter is extracted. Mechanical processing technology
  • What are the 4 layers of a shea nut?
  • The fruit is composed of four layers - the epicarp, mesocarp, shell and the kernel. The epicarp together with the mesocarp is called the pulp; the shell and the kernel compose the nut. The kernel is the oil-bearing material that can be obtained by processing the shea nut fruit.
  • What is the mechanical press method of shea butter extraction?
  • The mechanical press method of shea butter extraction has been reported by FAO and CFC (2002) but one of the earliest research on the use of the mechanical press was by Marchand (1988). His research revealed that equipped with a jack that exerts 30 tonnes of force, a shea butter press could crush more than 3 kg of shea kernels within 20 minutes.
  • How is shea butter extracted?
  • About 30–33% of shea butter is extracted from the shea nuts with the mechanical expeller although combination of the mechanical with chemical methods has achieved 98% extraction efficiencies. The chemical extraction processes