Present invention relates to a method for recovering solvent from an effluent gas comprising the steps of a) providing effluent gas from a solvent extraction system wherein oil is extracted from oil-containing organic material; b) absorbing solvent from the effluent gas using a medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil to absorb the solvent; c) stripping solvent from the MCT oil from step b); and d) reuse of the recovered MCT oil from step c) for absorbing solvent. The invention also relates to a process for extracting oil from oil-containing organic material by means of solvent, whereby the process is comprising the method for recovering solvent from an effluent gas by means of an MCT oil. Finally, the invention relates to the use of MCT oil as absorber oil for recovering solvent from an effluent gas.