• What is cottonseed oil processing?
  • Generally speaking, cottonseed oil processing mainly including the flowing production process, they are seed cleaning, cracking, flaking, cooking, expelling and refining.
  • What is cottonseed oil & why is it important?
  • Within the cottonseed oil processing plant, oils extracted from cottonseed must be refined to remove gossypol, a naturally occurring toxin that protects the cotton plant from insect damage. Cottonseed meal is a good source of protein. It is the byproduct remaining after cotton is ginned and the seeds crushed and the oil extracted.
  • How many oil refineries does Iraq have?
  • Iraq plans to increase its refinery capacity to 1.25 million barrels of crude oil in the coming years. Apart from its five official refineries, the Kurdistan Region owns dozens of small and medium-sized unofficial refineries in Erbil, Sulaimani, and Duhok provinces.
  • Why are oil refineries important in Iraq?
  • An interesting aspect of oil refineries in Iraq is their capacity to refine crude oil. Gasoline, kerosene, and car engine oil are the three essential needs of Iraqis today. However, these products are not directly produced in refineries. Instead, after refining gasoline, a significant amount of crude oil, bitumen, and other products are obtained.
  • How much crude oil is refining in Kurdistan?
  • While there is no official data on crude oil refining in the Kurdistan Region, there are five large official refineries in the provinces with a combined daily refining capacity of 333,000 barrels of crude oil. Presently, based on collected data, Kar and Lanaz refineries in Erbil province produce approximately 170,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
  • What is the difference between cotton oil and cottonseed oil?
  • Cotton (Gossypium sp.) is a commercially important annual fiber crop; cottonseed oil (CSO) is an important product extracted from one of the byproducts of cottonseeds. Oil yield varies with cotton species, places, and season when cotton grown and extraction methods used for oil extraction.