Conventional Base Stocks

Gulf Solvents of Saudi Arabia contracted Chemical Engineering Partners to build a 155,000 metric tons per year rerefinery in Hail City to produce API ...

Cleanaway, one of two rerefiners of base oil in Australia, has received state government approval to upgrade its Hunter Valley plant in order to produ ...

Asia-Pacific demands more white oils than any other region, according to an industry consultancy, due to China being the world's largest consumer of t ...

BERLIN – Rerefiners have asked the European Union to adopt volume targets in each member state for used oil collection and rerefined base oil pr ...

With no domestic virgin base oil production and an abundance of recyclable used oil, Bangladesh could pose opportunities for rerefiners. But players s ...

Transformer recovery firm G&S Technologies Group acquired 12.45 percent of Hydrodec of North America for $1.7 million – raising its stake t ...

Hydrodec Trims Losses

September 21, 2016

Hydrodec Group reported an overall loss – including discontinued operations – of $5.3 million for the six months ending June 30, compared ...

Puralube and NexLube Tampa last month formed joint venture Puraglobe Florida LLC, which plans to complete and commission NexLubes API Group III rerefi ...

Hydrodec of North America now generates carbon offsets through rerefining of used transformer oil, thanks to approval of its technology by the America ...

FORT WORTH, Texas – Grease manufacturer Texas Refinery Corp. will hold the grand opening ceremony for its new production facility in Mansfield, ...

The rerefining industry faces an uphill battle in developing markets, according to a report from consultancy Kline & Co. Regulations around used ...

Q2 Earnings Wrap-up

July 27, 2016

Profits were up for Valvoline, South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil, and BPs lubricants business for the quarter ending in June, com ...

China and India are the second- and third-largest lubricant markets, but they handle their used oil differently, according to a report from Kline & Co ...

Base Oil Report

July 20, 2016

Ray Masson profiles one of the more successful lubricant rerefiners and considers the future of the industry.

The Uz-Prista Recycling joint venture opened its first base oil rerefinery in Uzbekistan last week during a ceremony attended by company and governmen ...

The outlook for the European rerefining industry is resoundingly positive, judging from several presentations at a recent industry conference, despite ...

How are used oil recyclers staying afloat in the wake of low crude prices? By controlling what they can, and jettisoning the risk.

Uzbek-Bulgarian joint venture Uz-Prista Recycling started its rerefinery in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in trial mode and scheduled a grand opening for May, ...

Puralube plans to partner with NexLube Tampa to complete its Florida rerefinery and enable it to produce API Group III base oil by 2018, according to ...

Q4 Wrap-up

March 9, 2016

Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business segment posted lower sales, and Milacron reported lower operating earnings for its Industrial Fluids segment in t ...