Conventional Base Stocks

Hydrodec signed engineering, licensing and technology collaboration agreements with Chemical Engineering Partners for a planned U.K. rerefinery capabl ...

Hydrodec is rebuilding its Canton, Ohio, transformer oil rerefinery after a fire destroyed the plant’s processing unit last December, with two n ...

Group III from Puralube?

July 16, 2014

Puralube is considering upgrading its rerefinery operations in Germany to produce rerefined API Group III base oil, and it named a former Safety-Kleen ...

Italian rerefiner Viscolube agreed to develop a waste oil rerefinery in cooperation with Chinese steelmaker Baosteel. Construction of the facility, wh ...

Prista Recycling expects to stream base oil at its rerefinery in Uzbekistan by October, the Bulgarian refiner told Lube Report last week. The base oil ...

Australia will continue to support oil recycling through its consumer-funded rebate program after vetoing a proposal to cut benefits.

It seems that hardly a week goes by it without bringing word of a new rerefinery project. What could keep these pipedreams from turning into reality?

Rx for White Oils

May 22, 2014

Prized for their use in medicinal and other specialty applications, and increasingly impacted by regulatory standards, these high-value base oils may ...

For a variety of reasons, Russia is failing to meet its internal demands for white oils. One company calls this an opportunity and is looking for part ...

The news has been full of dire warnings about the inevitable demise of Group I base oils. But a marketing consultant doesnt share the pessimism and ma ...

Finnish rerefiner L&T Recoil Oy and parent company EcoStream Ltd. filed for bankruptcy at the end of March, a former company official confirmed t ...

Toronto-based investment firm Aumento Capital IV Corp. entered into an agreement to purchase aspiring rerefiner VeroLubes assets for an undisclosed am ...

Right after finishing construction of its second rerefinery, Australias Southern Oil Refining says it may have to close its first if the country enact ...

Vertex Energy Inc., of Houston, announced last week that it has agreed to buy Omega Holding Co.s rerefining assets, which include a used oil collectio ...

VeroLube – based in Alberta, Canada, and Houston, Texas – announced Monday that it will acquire Scottsdale, Arizona-based used oil collect ...

Rerefining Still Excites

March 5, 2014

From the many new projects announced, it appears that investors remain convinced there's black gold to be found in used oil.

Base Oil Report

February 12, 2014

David Wedlock discusses the growing popularity of rerefined base oils.

Ashlands Valvoline business posted increases in operating income and sales for the quarter ending Dec. 31, while base oil refiner S-Oil reported a str ...

Alabama Green Lubricants completed debt financing for its Alabama rerefining project, expected to be operational in mid-2015 with 32 million gallons p ...

Need to Know

January 3, 2014

Tom Glenn foresees rerefined motor oils moving from niche to mainstream.