There are many practical uses for used motor oil. A primary use is to re-refine it into a base stock for lubricating oil. This process is very similar to the refining of crude oil. The result is that the re-refined oil is of as high a quality as a virgin oil product.

A secondary use of the fuel oil (residue after re-refining) is to burn it for energy. Large industrial boilers can efficiently burn the fuel oil with minimum pollution. As a result some fuel oil is sent to power plants or cement kilns to be burned as fuel. On a smaller scale small quantities of fuel oil are burned in specially designed heaters to provide space heating for small businesses.

NFE's products mainly constitute Group I base oil products. These include base oils which are commonly identified as SN 150 and SN 500 which are readily traded in the world market. The Plant will also produce light aromatics and fuel oil which can also be readily sold in the market.

The Plant is designed to produce Group I base oil but at a later stage can also be upgraded (approximately $1m according to Thermopac) to produce Group II base oils by processing the distilled lube fractions through a process called hydrogenation. Base oil as explained earlier is processed and blended to produce different types of lubricants.

Base Oil

Base oils are the result of a long and complex distillation and refining processes. The feedstock used is WLO. This substance is not of uniform quality but consists of several thousands of hydrocarbon compounds in which the elements carbon and hydrogen are present in all molecules and, in part, are bound to other elements.

We’re producing Group I base oils, which are also know as conventional oils, with the majority of hydraulic and bearing lubricants being made using an API Group I stock. Group I main advantage is their high solvency, this means that they have a high tolerance to degradation by-products, which allows for the life of a lubricant to be extended.

With product portfolio of grades including SN150, SN500 we know we are more than capable of meeting the demands of our customers.

The application, use and processing of our products and the products manufactured by you on the basis of our technical advice are beyond our control and, therefore, entirely your own responsibility. Our products are sold in accordance with our General conditions of Sale and delivery.