Conventional Base Stocks

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 ...

Citing tough market conditions, Hydrodec Group sold its United Kingdom operations – including its waste oil collection business and a proposed r ...

Vertex Sells Nevada Rerefinery

February 10, 2016

Clean Harbors acquired Vertex Energys rerefinery in Fallon, Nevada, for $35 million to boost plans to increase its rerefining presence in California a ...

Puralube plans to upgrade one of its rerefineries in Troeglitz, Germany, to enable production of API Group III base oil in the first quarter of 2017. ...

Low crude oil prices, decreased demand from industrial burners and growth in rerefining capacity have been the three major contributors to the rerefin ...

Safety-Kleens blended oils business steps out on its own with a green and optimistic attitude.

Clean Harbors Safety-Kleen subsidiary will impose an increase of $80 per stop on all customers across its used oil customer base, citing continued dec ...

LAGOS, Nigeria – A call for federal legislation on waste oil disposal and collection gained traction at the Nigerian Lubricant Summit held from ...

Chief Executive Ian Smale stepped down Dec. 4, and Chief Financial Officer Chris Ellis was appointed acting chief executive, the United Kingdom-based ...

CleanOil Investment and a subsidiary of Jebsen Group inaugurated their joint venture used oil rerefinery and lubricant blending plant on Saturday in Z ...

Safety-Kleens parent Clean Harbors has carved out its base oils and lubricants business under the new name Kleen Performance Products. All of rerefine ...

Charge!

October 21, 2015

As used oil generators wince, the pendulum swings back to charging for collection services.