The oil is a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons having an empirical formula of CH1.34O0.28N0.01 and an H/C atomic ratio of 1.34 at optimum conditions. The higher calo- rific value of the oil is 26.22 MJ kg 1, which is very close to those of petroleum fractions. FTIR analysis showed that the oil composition was dominated by oxygenated species. The oxygen content is reflected by the presence of mostly oxygenated fractions such as carboxyl and carbonyl groups produced by pyrolysis of the cellulose and phenolic and methoxy groups produced by pyrolysis of the lignin.