General Investment Description

During the implementation of the plantation development activities, PT Bumi Sempana Plantation will selectively decide which commodities having economical values as well as comparative advantage by examining related constraints and opportunities in Central Kalimantan.

The commodity considered to meet the expectations above is oil palm in Desa Tumbang Diring, Kecamatan Kapuas Tengah, Kabupaten Kapuas.

The development of this palm oil plantation is aimed to produce crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil (PKO) to be widely used as industrial raw materials such as cooking oil, margarine, soap, bio fuel, etc.

With the increasing number of population along with the advance in technology, the demand of CPO with the composition Oil Extraction Rate (OER) and Kernel Extraction Ratel (KER) will unquestionably rise.

One of the benefits of using oil palm as raw material is its Oil Extraction Rate of 23,75% and average IKT 5,5%. The numbers are potentially available when oil palm is produced in red-yellow soil. The future location of Desa Tumbang Diring to be used as plam oil plantation is dominated by podsolik soil and few alluvial along the edges of DAS Kapuas.

 
Business Prospects

Based on both regional and international reports on world oil trade, the current world’s vegetable oil supply is not able to fully meet the demands yet. World vegetable oil companies have experienced a significant incline in line with global developments and at the same time with increasing consumption, which means that additional demand will be greater. Therefore, the development prospects of oil palm trees have an important role and will remain bright in the future both to increase foreign exchange earnings and to increase the community’s income around the company.