HUGE PROSPECT ON D1 OILS

D1 was originally established in 2002 to focus on the development of a portable refinery technology to produce biodiesel for the UK transport industry. During this period, it was concluded that the high cost of rape seed oil, the main feedstock for biodiesel production in Europe, renders its use commercially unattractive. As a result, D1 explored the economics, suitability and yields of a variety of specific energy crops. During 2003, jatropha curcas was identified as its feedstock of choice and the focus turned to securing output from jatropha plantations.

Jatropha was selected as D1's primary energy crop due to it's high productivity, durability and longevity. Jatropha trees can be grown on marginalised land and are durable to the elements. Furthermore, jatropha can grow in areas of minimal rainfall, although it grows better in areas of higher annual rainfall. Jatropha trees produce nuts, which contain oil, for an average of thirty years and generally have their first harvest within two years of planting. Biodiesel refined from jatropha oil complies with EN 14214, the current European standard for biodiesel. Biodiesel meeting EN 14121 specification is an approved blend when mixed with petroleum diesel.

D1 is now commercialising its D1 20 refinery able to produce eight million litres of biodiesel per annum and will utilise jatropha oil as its main feedstock. D1 believes it can maintain low production costs and produce consistent, high volume quality output through sourcing existing feedstock supplies, cultivating new yields of jatropha on existing plantations and setting up D1 20 refineries regionally. D1 is working with highly regarded agronomy and biotechnology research and development facilities in India and South East Asia and is participating in the establishment of nurseries in a variety of locations in the Asia Pacific region. These nurseries will test imported jatropha seeds against indigenous varieties to determine which will grow best under a region's climatic conditions. In addition, D1 has recently acquired the rights to a proprietary growing media which targets the specific nutritional requirements of jatropha.

The global market demand for biodiesel is growing. International energy and environmental policies have helped to create a demand for biodiesel which is estimated to reach at least 10.5 billion litres by 2010 in the European Union alone. Based on current capacity, feedstock availability and positioning in the market, the global production of biodiesel is expected to reach approximately
3 billion litres by 2010, less than one third of the projected demand in the European Union.

D1 Oils aims to become a global, sustainable, low cost producer of biodiesel and supplier of crude vegetable oil used in the production of biodiesel. To reach this objective, D1 will manage its operations regionally, securing plantation rights and establishing refinery operations in each region, thus controlling aspects of the supply chain from seed selection through to the sale of biodiesel to end customers.

To this end, D1 has established four regional operations:
UK (Teesside and London) South Africa (Johannesburg) Asia Pacific (Manila, the Philippines) and India (New Delhi).

this supports what i have been saying for some time ...... Jatophra is an ideal source of sustainable biodiesel in part because it grows on land that is unsuitable for food crops ...... i think you will find it will grow successfully in (semi)desert and does not require huge amounts of water .... as already noted, it is also a shrub/bush/tree so does not need annual replanting

sp continues to tick upwards albeit on small volume .... next obvious resistance is at 200 dma at about 195

Super, good old graphs. Hope the SP crashes through 195 !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6509395.stm

Green light for sexy new car show
by Jonathan Morris
BBC News South West

Axon
The Axon Eco-M loses its windscreen to lose weight
A new type of car show at the Eden Project in Cornwall is a brave attempt to bring together two things not often seen in the same sentence, sexy and green.

The Sexy Green Car Show, which opened on Friday, claims to have it all, sex and green issues all under one giant biome, or greenhouse.

As well as the tropical vegetation normally seen at Eden the site is also providing a temporary showcase for biofuels and automotive ideas for a more ecologically aware future.

Sexy is certainly here, in the form of rakish sportscars and green is here, in the more dumpy offerings from the major manufacturers.

But sexy and green. Together?

'Bug eater'

Welcome to the Axon Eco-M. If sex comes in the shape of four wheels, a race-tuned engine, a shiny black body and acceleration to knock you back in your seat, then the Axon is it.

Axon Automotive, based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, have stripped down a Caterham 7, even taking off the windscreen.

The result is what is called a "bug eater" in the motoring trade.

Eco One
The Eco One has tyres which are made from potatoes
Recycled carbon fibre has been used in a production car for the first time, and there is a gadget that tells drivers when to change gear for maximum fuel economy.

Combined with what Axon is describing as "eco-driving techniques", the 500 kilo Eco-M should enjoy a 20% improvement in fuel economy over the standard 7, says Axxon.

Perhaps less sexy, but probably more green is the Eco One, an environmentally-friendly racing car from WMG, a provider of innovative solutions to industry based at the University of Warwick.

Not only are its tyres made from potatoes and brake pads from cashew nut shells, it does 0-62mph in four seconds and has a top speed of 125 mph.

Meanwhile, groupBio, a UK-based racing team, has produced a racing car which runs on nuts.

The firm's partner, UK-based D1 Oils, is producing a form of diesel, called biodiesel, from tropical nuts called jatropha.

D1
The D1 will be powered partly by tropical jatropha nuts
And it says that jatropha really is a green alternative to fossil-fuel and to biodiesel produced from palm oil.

Graham Prince, of UK-based D1 Oils, said: "We have always known there are many potential raw materials for biodiesel.

"A lot of those used are soya or rape seed, but we thought it is wrong to make fuel from something that is used to feed people."

The company has planted about 145,000 hectares of jatropha trees in Zambia, Swaziland, India and Indonesia and aims to make it available from next year as part of a blended bio-fuel.

The 200mph racing car, based on a 2004 Lola, runs on diesel blended with up to 50% per cent jatropha biodiesel.

The Eco-M, groupBio and WMG are lining up with the giants from the motoring world at the show, including Saab, Ford, Vauxhall, Toyota, VW and Mercedes.

The Sexy Green Car Show runs to 15 April.

DOO is going down again as there is no war with Iran. SELL!

silly sod! .... the one has little to do with the other ..... imo, DOO is more a Q of whether or not it has the right technology and cost structure to allow it to be successful ..... many alternative fuel companies will fall by the wayside, but i have a sneaking suspicion that DOO will be a profitable survivor

You are a wisecrack! DOO will undoubtedly move downwards as crude oil will be cheaper in due course. Let us see. The sp is showing a weakening now.

in the (very) short term, DOO could fall to about 155 where it hits what ought to be strong support where 25 and 50 dma are running in tandem on a pretty steeply rising track ...... in the longer term, i still reckon DOO will be a survivor and crude, while its price will inevitably fluctuate, is increasingly unlikely to fall below $60 and will must surely steadily rise as reserves are used up.

hlye98 --Crude oil long term cheaper??????????? fyi: IPE may 07 Brent currently at $66.72 p/bbl vs June 08 Brent of $69.83 p/bbl. In other words hlye either you are a genius or the rest of the Oiltrading fraternity are idiots which "I do not think so"!!!

Also jatropha cost not dependent on spot mkt movements so feedstock cost known whilst crude/ or gasoil can be hedged at higher than current oil mkt lvls

exactly so robin; have mentioned that issue several times both here and on GTL site

....even the guy who is/was doing the hedging for BFC can work that out!!!! (then again probably he can't)

hyleo - oil is staying at these levels for the forseeable future.
as for jathropa the prospects are very good indeed - but cynic D1 is a very small business and its fuel isnt going to replace ethanol in the next 5 years so in my opinion GTL are still worth holding. Admittedly though D1 should do well as an individual business though(well i wouldnt be a shareholder if i didnt)

DOO and GTL are not in competition with each other ..... it's just that i do not feel that ethanol from feedstock is workable in the long term or certainly not if it is meant to be ecologically sound and economic without giant subisidies.

FANTASTIC

Please, if you would, post daily graphs on every share i hold because they are exponentially important. (Especially without comment or refernce)

hyleo, ps. change name to ho, you, imo of course, are a joker.

o/t....take a look at TZG...

http://www.market-insider.net/?p=1980

THE INSIDE LEG - Tanzania Gold
Posted by: The Insider, in Market whispers

Details on this are a little hazy, but bear with us here. The company we are told has begun sounding out prospective backers for a transformational gold deal in Asia. In will more than double the size of the firm and will have to receive special sign off from Aim as it counts as a reverse takeover. The prospect is a very lucrative one in a country that has only just opened its borders to outside prospectors.
Now I know this is a little bit Mystic Meg, but people are talking about this one flying up to around three quid a share. My source says one-fifty is more like it.

time to bring back the chart ..... lots of sp activity in last week or so ...... interesting times ahead? ...... we shall see ..... if sp can break 200 dma that could lead to some significant gain though rsi gettinmg a bit heady



green = 25 dma
red = 50 dma
black = 200 dma