Rerefined Base Oils

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec posted a $7.8 million loss for 2016 – including losses associated with its United Kingdom recycling operation ...

Q1 Earnings Wrap-up

May 10, 2017

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. posted a much smaller first quarter net loss than it did in 2016, and its executives discussed the companys r ...

LONDON – Lube oil rerefiners have plenty of reason for optimism, both in the short and long term, Fabio Dalla Giovanna told conference attendees ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean Founder, President and CEO Joe Chalhoub will retire effective Jan. 31, 2017, the company announced last week. Chalhoub will be ...

Used oil rerefiner Avista Oil is making API Group III base oil at its plant in Peachtree City, Georgia, steadily ratcheting it up to about a quarter o ...

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 ...

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 ...