This course covers various aspects of oils and fats, including oleochemical derivatives. Oleochemical compounds are environmentally friendly chemicals that can be produced from raw material of oils and fats from plant, animal and petroleum by cracking process, or modification. In recent times, with depleting oils from fossil origin, oils and fats of non-fossil origin have started to make great reentries into various industries including the fuel sector. The advantage of such oils and fats is that their sources are renewable. Research in the field of Oleochemistry has been progress rapidly in Malaysia. This allows our country to continue to emerge as a developed country that is competitive and continues to lead the global Oleochemical industry. In this course, recent trends in research and development of Oleochemistry will be discussed.
