CBD Crude Oil Production

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I just secured a contract/investment to set up a CBD lab. I have equipment ready for processing after the winterized crude stage. My goal is to efficiently process typical biomass and produce 100 liters of winterized crude oil per day, ready for distillation.

I’m looking for the most streamlined and efficient setup, prioritizing ease of use, minimal maintenance, and hassle-free(ish) operation.

What setups do you recommend, whether new or used? I’m open to exploring all options. Let me know your suggestions!

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Seems like something you’d want a paid consultant for rather than random opinion on the internet

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Been here 4 years, but only read 22min?

Have you not noticed

a) everything you ask has already been explored

b) you’re too late to the game to make any money in CBD in most locales.

Where are you located that you think this is a reasonable business plan?

Have you actually done a market analysis to figure out how cheaply you need to produce your crude to break even?

what is your final product goal?

Do you understand who you’re competing with at this point? Or just how cheaply they can get to your endpoint?

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Let me clarify. I was deeply involved in this industry for a long time but haven’t been actively engaged in years. An old client recently approached me after securing investment to set up an international lab. He tapped me to get my opinion. He has been crushing it / fulfilling contracts for years using raw products from other suppliers and marking it up, but now he needs to bring production in-house in his own country. He has a GMP facility in Africa. He’s been consistently successful, navigating the ups and downs of the industry which as most know is pretty darn impressive.

My expertise is in post-crude processing. Given my time away from the field, I wanted to check in and see if there have been any notable innovations in extraction technology. I remember George from Pure5 seemed promising for a simpler and more reliable extraction approach, though I’m not sure how that developed.

The tried-and-true method has always been ethanol extraction to get the job done, but I’m curious if there’s anything new or noteworthy that I might have missed hence putting a post on Future.

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Correct. It has been so long since I was in the field. I don’t know who to even call. Who is even still around. Dr John Mackay?

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That helps define the problem.

Competing from Africa is certainly a different game than competing with Africa…

Ethanol might still be viable in that scenario, and you might even get away without membrane based solvent recovery while you get off the ground.

There are a couple of hints on alternative solvents over in New extraction technology from American Extractors imo the tech from American Extractors itself is nonsense.

@dan1 is also looking to compete from Africa, and you might find some of the advice he was given useful: How is Keif made from flower (or maybe you need to find where kief first was suggested to him…don’t recall).

As are @Agri-Cap Biggest viable extraction units on the market

And @LeonLab Loonikg for partners in South Africa for Glasshouse and Indoor CBD production

Not sure if those are from the same or different groups

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I can assist you, where exactly are you based in Africa? Am in Zimbabwe.

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It sounds like a collaborative effort might be in order if you’re close enough to each other…

At this point you presumably have several ways of getting crude on the table that are already adapted to local resources and constraints, and I suspect you could still use input from someone well versed in postproduction.

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