For building small refineries abroad, should crude oil or used engine oil be used as the feedstock?
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When building small oil refineries abroad, it is necessary to adapt to local conditions; first, it is important to assess the amount of used engine oil available； Second is to examine the quantity of crude oil and its by-products (crude waxes, residue, and sludge). Whether there is an abundance of used engine oil or not, it is also necessary to consider whether local resources such as crude oil and its by-products are available. If no crude oil resources are available, then it is important to determine whether it is convenient to transport oil from nearby production areas and whether the profit margin is substantial. It is recommended that the price difference between the raw oil and the finished product be at least 2,000 RMB per ton.
It is usually heavy crude oil or the like; there is no such thing as used engine oil or waste crude oil residues.
Heavy viscous oil falls under the category of crude oil; it includes either heavy crude oil, or the residue left after light components such as gasoline and diesel have been extracted from crude oil.
In the world, which **has a large amount of waste engine oil and crude oil by-products that can be used as feedstock for small-scale oil refineries? Have you seen too many stories about small diesel plants consisting of a large pot and several gasoline drums along the Mekong River?