The trend of hog production is to larger more intesnive operations. One of the largest impediments to these operations are manure and odour related problems. A thermochemical conversion (TCC) process is one where sufficient heat (160-250 C) and subsequent pressure applied to the manure for a period of 120-180 minutes resulting in swine manure sludge and oil products. The results found were preliminary, however, the TCC process was shown to reduce the chemical oxygen demand levels by 94% and approximately 8.5% of the volatile solids were converted into an oil product.