Several varieties of plants are known to have oil bearing seeds or fruits but only few are commercially significant.Nigeria is the sixth largest producer of beniseed and the 5th largest exporter, exporting beniseed to the largest importer Japan without any value addition. Annual exports of beniseed from Nigeria is valued at about US$20 million with most of it being consumed by the farmers. Meanwhile, beniseed market value is about #38,500/tonne, while oil is $2,449/tonne (#367,350). Therefore, this project explores the development of process technology for the extraction of oil from the under-utilized oilseeds, the possibilities of commercializing the extraction of oil and their utilization as industrial raw materials. This include: substitution of soya bean oil with beniseed oil for the production of alkyd resin; and the utilization of beniseed oil as a potential feedstock in the oleochemical industries without putting food security at risk. Beniseed oil was extracted using three methods: solvent, FIIRO fabricated oil expeller, and FIIRO fabricated mechanical press. The oil was refined; storage stability and effect of extraction method on the quality of the oil were investigated. Beniseed oil obtained was converted to fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and alkyd resin respectively. From the results obtained, FIIRO oil expeller gave the best quality of oil while solvent extraction using soxhlet gave the highest yield The result of the resin shows good surface drying property within 15minutes.Acid value, viscosity and density after dilution are 8.7mgKOH/g, 80 seconds, 0.9910g/cm3 respectively. The resin was used to produce two colours of gloss paints.This project has demonstrated that beniseed oil can be successfully converted into value added products like alkyd resin and fatty acid methyl ester; an excellent substitute for diesel fuel. In addition we have extracted and extracted oils from other oilseeds indigenous to Nigeria. These include: Luffa cylindrica (sponge gourd),Jatrophacurcas (jatropha), Hibiscus cannabinus L., (kenaf), Adenantherapavonina (red bead tree seed) ,Uvariachamae (bush banana or finger fruit seed), Moringaoleifera, melon, tigernut, conophoretc. Currently we are investigating on value addition to the oils extracted based on their properties.