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مجلة النفط والتعاون العربي
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العدد
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أربعون
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refiner or a fuel user, which on average will probably make the landed cost of
used oil at a plant no more than $23 a barrel.
UAE re-refiners are reported to export their products to Africa, China and
Vietnam
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, which most probably goes to burner fuel.
Fig (23) Brent & Used Oil Prices in UAE
In both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, major lubricants manufacturers complain
about the state of the re-refining industry with the growing issue of
counterfeiting
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. The writer met with some major manufacturers who refuse to
have anything to do with re-refining because of the risk that its image may affect
their own products. This is in contrast to what is happening in some well
developed countries where governments give priority to re-refined oil in its
facilities and where all lubricants manufacturers share in supporting the collection
and proper utilization of used oil as we saw in the case of Italy and others.
“There are estimates by the Ministry of Commerce in Saudi Arabia that the
country may have a significant percentage of counterfeit products in its lubricants
market”
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Some blenders in the UAE are not far from that too.
Financial Impact and Final notes:
There is a long way for the re-refining industry in the Arab countries to grow
horizontally and vertically. Horizontally, because many countries do not have
plans to regenerate used oils yet and no information on its use or abuse is
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