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Mainstreaming Waste Oil Rerefining

Mainstreaming Waste Oil Rerefining

Sustainability InSite - October 10, 2022

Mainstreaming waste oil rerefining is almost a given, especially as legislators focus attention on the circular economy.

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Blue Tide Plans Texas Rerefinery

Lube Report Americas - September 21, 2022

Blue Tide Environmental – which is developing a network of used motor oil recycling facilities across North America ...

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Japan to Develop Base Oil Rerefining

Lube Report Asia - September 2, 2022

Eneos Corp. is conducting a two-year study on recycled waste lubricants to help establish supply of rerefined base oil i ...

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Profits Rise at Vertex, Perimeter Solutions

Lube Report Americas - August 24, 2022

Vertex Energy Inc. reported a 178% increase in gross profit and increased sales for its used motor oil collection and pr ...

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Conou Cuts Italian Tax on Lube Sales

Lube Report EMEA - August 23, 2022

An Italian association that promotes recycling of waste lubricants has sharply cut a finished lubricant tax designed to ...

Sales Up for HCC

Sales Up for HCC

Lube Report Americas - August 3, 2022

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment reported 45% higher revenue for its second fiscal quarter ending June 18 ...

Italy Recycles Close to Half of Lubricants

Italy Recycles Close to Half of Lubricants

Lube Report EMEA - July 26, 2022

Italy recycled 98% of used lubricating oils collected in the country in 2021 – the fifth straight year that it met or ...

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SK Signs on to Rerefining Effort

Lube Report Asia - July 15, 2022

SK Lubricants and South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy signed a memorandum of understanding last week ...

Safety-Kleen Rebrands Base Oils

Safety-Kleen Rebrands Base Oils

Lube Report Americas - June 8, 2022

Safety-Kleen has rebranded its rerefined base oils, putting them under the Kleen+ name that emphasizes their reduced car ...

Profits, Sales up for Vertex, Perimeter

Profits, Sales up for Vertex, Perimeter

Lube Report Americas - May 25, 2022

Vertex Energy Inc. reported large increases in gross profit and revenues for its used motor oil collection and processin ...

Ecuador Program Beats Collection Goal

Ecuador Program Beats Collection Goal

Lube Report Americas - April 27, 2022

Ecuador collected 4.1 million gallons of used lubricants in 2021 – a fifth of the amount of lubes it consumes – thro ...

Vertex Posts Jump in Earnings

Vertex Posts Jump in Earnings

Lube Report Americas - March 16, 2022

Vertex Energy Inc. reported large increases in gross profit and revenues for the quarter ended Dec. 31 and full year 202 ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean Posts Sales Jump

Heritage-Crystal Clean Posts Sales Jump

Lube Report Americas - March 9, 2022

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment – including oil collection and rerefining activities and sales of recy ...

Calumet Posts Bigger Losses

Calumet Posts Bigger Losses

Lube Report Americas - March 2, 2022

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported a steeper net loss for the quarter ending Dec. 1 and the full year of ...

China Moves to the Top of the Heap

China Moves to the Top of the Heap

Lube Report EMEA - February 22, 2022

A new nation is king of the hill in terms of base oil capacity, after China surpassed the United States in 2021 followin ...

Rerefiners Rebounding from Pandemic

Rerefiners Rebounding from Pandemic

Lube Report EMEA - February 15, 2022

Rerefiners of used lubricants suffered some of the same problems that have impacted producers of virgin base oils during ...

Base Oil Rerefiners Rebounding from Pandemic

Base Oil Rerefiners Rebounding from Pandemic

Lubes'n'Greases - February 1, 2022

The pandemic wreaked havoc on the base oil market, but rerefiners may have emerged stronger than ever.

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Slicker Buys Hydrodec Rerefinery

Lube Report Americas - November 24, 2021

Transformer oil recycler Hydrodec and its Ohio rerefinery were acquired by United Kingdom-based Slicker Recycling Ltd., ...