ENI initiated an experimental biofuel project in Tunisia involving the use of castor oil plants . The scheme , which aims to find a replacement for the palm oil currently stored at the company 's plant , involves harvesting fruit from the plants to extract seeds , which can then be converted into biofuel . The project is being conducted on a 140-hectare plot of land which has been split into respective lots , with the yields set to be evaluated when the plants enter their final stages of mutation and the seeds are harvested .
ENI launched an experimental biofuel project in Tunisia involving the use of castor oil plants. The scheme, which aims to find a replacement for the palm oil currently used at the company's refineries, involves using fruit from the plants to extract oil, which can then be converted into biofuel. The project is being conducted on a 140-hectare plot of land which has been split into respective lots, with the yields set to be evaluated when the plants enter their final stages of mutation and the fruit are harvested.