Lwart Will Expand Brazilian Rerefinery

By Daniel Bland - December 20, 2023

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Lwart Environmental Solutions said recently that it will expand its used lubricant rerefinery (pictured above) in Len?óis, Brazil, by 50%, making it one of the largest such facilities in the world.

The project will cost 1 billion reais (U.S. $200 million) and will raise the plant’s waste oil processing capacity to 324,000 metric tons per year and is scheduled to come onstream in 2025.

Neither the Oct. 23 news release about the project nor the company’s website specify the plant’s base oil production capacity before or after the project. According to Lubes’n’Greases’ Base Stock Plant Data, the plant currently has capacity to make 1,550 barrels per day of API Group II base oils.

Lwart President Thiago Trecenti said the project is significant for Brazil as the country depends on imports for a large portion of its base oil needs, and Lwart is the only domestic source of Group II oils.?

“Lwart collects used lubricating oil throughout the national territory, and with the expansion, we should grow even more in capillarity,” Trecenti said in a news release. “This will ensure that a greater volume of waste is managed correctly and that there is, consequently, a greater production of Group II base oil in the country.” He added that demand for rerefined base oils is growing as a result of the sustainability movement. View more here...