The transesterification (TE) reaction of the oil was standardized by doing more than 50 trials with a capacity of one litre for opti- mizing the methoxide composition, temperature of the reaction and the yield of CME and glycerol. For the reaction 15% methanol with 1% sodium hydroxide was found adequate for getting maxi- mum catalytic effect (Fig. 1a and b). Temperature range of the reac