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Italian oil firm starts biofuel production at Makueni plant

The pressing plant has the capacity to produce 15,000 tonnes of oil. [iStockphoto]

An Italian oil firm Eni has started production of vegetable oil at its recently constructed plant in Makueni County.

At the facility, the firm will extract oil from castor, croton and cotton seeds that will then be processed into biodiesel at biorefineries.

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