The oil mallee seedling becomes a tree and, upon reaching maturity, is harvested and then coppices so that it continues to regenerate in an ongoing harvest cycle, increasing its biomass and capturing increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon within the root trunk and leaf structure that through our processes will be sequestered for centuries to come.

The Production Cycle

Our team of experts locate and identify land perfect for being replanted with oil mallee seedlings in environmental plantings which regenerate landscapes, reduce salinity and prevent erosion.
Our team of experts locate and identify land perfect for being replanted with oil mallee seedlings in environmental plantings which regenerate landscapes, reduce salinity and prevent erosion.
At Fasera, we plant our mallee trees and other Eucalypt species on our own farms and land owned by farmers who share our vision on landscape rehab and benefit environmentally/financially through partnerships.
Mallee trees are a multi-stemmed woody, endemic to Australia, which develop from an underground woody structure called a lignotuber - more commonly known as a “mallee root”.
Coppicing is a sustainable forestry technique that utilises nature’s regeneration properties, encouraging multiple trunk development and increased biomass growth, resulting in improved and increasing yields over time for our entire product range.
Mature mallee trees are harvested by shearing their trunks at ground level, leaving the well-developed lignotuber below the soil surface which readily “coppices” into new growth.
Mallee trees regrow (coppice) from the lignotuber to develop into a dense, multi-trunked 2-metre shrub of healthy green biomass over a two to three year period.
Harvesting coppiced trees after regeneration is simpler and more economical than harvesting a fully mature tree. They produce a thick, healthy green biomass of leaves and twigs which is easily harvested with a mechanical forage harvester.
Younger, greener biomass has a higher (typically 1.5%) essential oil content versus an average 1.0% oil yield from mature tree biomass, meaning less harvesting is required to achieve the same result.
Coppicing also initiates a continuous cycle of atmospheric carbon capture and sequestration that locks away considerably more carbon over time than if trees are left to mature, where captured carbon peaks and then stabilises.
Harvested green biomass is transported by road to the distillation plant.
The oil mallee green biomass is batch cooked by steam distillation to extract eucalyptus oil.
During the distillation process, the steam temperature is carefully controlled at between 90°C and 100°C to ensure the highest possible oil quality is achieved.
Traditional steam distillation - rather than hydro-distillation or solvent extraction - is used for oil extraction to ensure higher oil yields, to minimise oil impurities and to reduce the loss of polar compounds.
The extracted raw and traceable oil is then packaged, or is processed in-house into a wide range of products.
About 95% of our oil products are sold in Australia and internationally in bulk; the remaining 5% are sold to retail consumers through our company website www.kochiioil.com.au. Consumer direct retail sales of higher value oils are growing rapidly.
We are advancing plans to process our extracted eucalyptus oil into pure eucalyptol locally on our Canterbury Farm, at Kulja through the construction of Australia’s first essential oil rectification tower.
Spent eucalyptus biomass is dried and then used to produce biochar and wood vinegar through a side-by-side pyrolysis plant process, reducing transports, handling, and emissions.
Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of our mallee biomass at high temperatures in an oxygen free environment to produce biochar, wood vinegar and carbon credits.
Each tonne of pyrolysed spent biomass produces 300 Kg of Bone-Dry Biochar (BDC). We can produce about 2,000 tonnes of BDC annually from the spent biomass generated by the distillation of 100,000 Kg of Eucalyptus oil.
The pyrolysis plant comprises a single continuous pyrolysis char machine. Fasera is progressing plans to bring an additional two machines online to have three machines operational by 2027.
Fasera has produced and sold ACCUs since 2010. We are continuing to progress work to achieve accreditation to be able to generate CORCs, or other internationally recognised carbon credits from our biochar production.
The accreditation process involves the completion of a Life Cycle Assessment on our Australian activities, as well as independent confirmation that our biochar production complies with the applicable standards for the various carbon credit options.

There are 3 scenarios for tree harvesting:

New Trees

Year 0 Mallee seedlings are planted.

Year 5 Trees are harvested and biomass is used in oil production and pyrolysis. Mallee root coppices into new growth.

Every 2 - 3 years thereafter Green biomass from coppiced trees is harvested and used in oil production and pyrolysis.

Already Established Mature Trees

At any age Trees are harvested and biomass is used in oil production and pyrolysis. Mallee root coppices into new growth.

Every 2 - 3 years thereafter Green biomass from coppiced trees is harvested and used in oil production and pyrolysis.

Harvested Mature Trees

At least 2 - 3 years after 1st Harvest Trees are harvested and biomass is used in oil production and pyrolysis. Mallee root coppices into new growth.

Every 2 - 3 years thereafter Green biomass from coppiced trees is harvested and used in oil production and pyrolysis.

Studies show significantly higher carbon benefits associated with these harvest cycles than through the harvesting of trees left to fully mature. This is because the total carbon sequestered through a continuous process of coppicing, harvesting and pyrolysis over a 40 to 50 year period exceeds the total amount of carbon that a tree could capture and lock in if left to mature for up to 30 to 40 years.

The process also reduces the risk of the loss of captured carbon in the event of a fire. A fire during the coppice regrowth phase would release only limited carbon, whereas a fire impacting a mature tree would release all of the captured “above ground”carbon into the atmosphere.

Our Farms

Fasera owns two farms which form part of our estate:

Newland Estate, North Bodallin

The Newland Estate is a 1,336 Ha organic estate, established in 2010. Coppiced oil mallee trees produce organic oil from 165Ha. An additional 1,156 Ha is either planted to oil mallee trees as a registered carbon project, or is remnant vegetation. The distillation plant, operations site and roadways occupy 10Ha. Newland produces ACCUs, Organic Eucalyptus Oil and Biochar.

Canterbury Farm, Kulja

Canterbury Farm is a 1,206 Ha estate recently planted to oil mallees under the Mike Walter Oil Mallee Project (300 Ha). Trees for carbon and/or coppicing comprise about 300 hectares, with 895 hectares of cropping, grazing and future plantation land. The pyrolysis and mobile distillation plant occupy 11 hectares. The Estate is under development for further plantings of oil mallees, mixed native plantings, salt bush and sandalwood together with integrated pastures, cropping and sheep production.

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