Rerefined Base Oils

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 ...

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.

Waste oil collector Atlantic Pacific LLC will relaunch its Midwest operations with a focus on Chicago, with three trucks and 8,500 gallons per day cap ...

A fire caused by a ruptured product tank injured one worker at Bango Refinings rerefinery in Fallon, Nev., Monday morning.In a news release issued Mon ...

NexLube Project on Hold

December 4, 2013

NexLube suspended construction of its base oil rerefinery in Florida because costs exceeded its budget.Our cost estimated now by our consulting engine ...

Fire Ravages Ohio Rerefinery

December 4, 2013

An explosion and fire destroyed the processing unit of Hydrodecs transformer oil rerefinery in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon, causing no injuries ...

VeroLube Inc. of Canada plans to build API Group II and III rerefineries in Alberta, Canada, and in Houston, with construction expected to start as ea ...

Rerefining Projects Down Under

November 20, 2013

Not much waste oil rerefining occurs in Australia, but two projects currently underway should boost production of rerefined base stocks.Southern Oil R ...

Hydrodec Group will collaborate with Essar Oil UK on a joint venture oil rerefining center at Stanlow, U.K., including a rerefinery with API Group II+ ...

HCC Picks Up Pick-Up Routes

November 6, 2013

Heritage-Crystal Clean agreed this week to buy four branches of Universal Lubricants subsidiary RS Used Oil Services in a deal that could increase the ...

Prista Recycling of Bulgaria recently broke ground on its first base oil rerefinery in Ukraine, a $60 million investment, claiming it is the first suc ...

FCC Environmental said it is on track to break ground on its $50 million rerefinery in Baltimore in the second quarter of 2014, and to commence operat ...

India-based Century Refineries broke ground last month on a $1.7 million rerefinery outside Bay City, Texas, with vacuum gas oil production slated to ...