Recent content by hmerchan

That is good info. Yes with current prices there is not much of a difference between virgin and re-refined oil. But the way I see it the cost of re-refining is quite static and hence re-refined oil prices will not change much over time. Whereas virgin oil being a limited resource may see a...

Yes it is an old process for oil refining. Although I think it was not used for re-refining used oil since back then.

Interesting. I thought use oil was almost free. In also read government will reimburses 40cents/gallon for used oil collection. The new vaccum distillation rerefining process gives a pretty good efficiency.Also with virgin oil being a precious resource I think government will support oil...

Yes so if rerefining happened at a larger scale then the refining costs should reduce and hence the advantage of "getting the used oil for virtually free" be visible and the final cost reduce.

Thanks for the replies . I researched on Valvoline NextGen and it looks like it is more of a hybrid of rerefined and virgin oil rather than a pure rerefined oil product. I was expecting rerefined oil to have lower prices than virgin oil; but it looks like it is almost same price. It does not...

Does anybody use the re-refined oil motor oil from Safety Kleen or Universal Lubricants? What are other alternatives for re-refined motor oil other than these two? Which one is better? How does it compare(in terms of cost and performance) to virgin Oil?

I am looking to find some updated market data on Oil Re-refining. How many Oil Re-refineries are there in US? Can I use re-refined oil for my Camry?