Vertex Energy Announces 6,000 bpd Group III Base Oil Expansion at Mobile Refinery
Vertex Energy (VERX) announced a 6,000 barrel-per-day Group III base oil expansion project at its Mobile, Alabama refinery. The project will use the company's existing hydrocracker and related processing infrastructure to produce crude-derived conventional Group III base oils for lubricant manufacturers and blenders.
Vertex Energy () announced a 6,000 barrel-per-day Group III base oil expansion project at its Mobile, Alabama refinery, using the company's existing hydrocracker and related processing infrastructure [1]. The project will produce crude-derived conventional Group III base oils and provide lubricant manufacturers and blenders with an additional domestic source of high-quality Group III supply [1].
The expansion leverages installed capacity at the Mobile facility rather than requiring greenfield construction. Vertex will route feedstock through the existing hydrocracker to produce the higher-grade lubricant base stock, a product category that commands premium pricing relative to conventional refining outputs.
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