PIETERMARITZBURG PLANT

Branch Manager Stephan Roeloffze

OVERVIEW

The Pietermartizburg plant has two main activities:
Solvent recycling/recovery/laundering,
and the production of a high quality light fuel oil made from used lubricating oil.

In addition, the plant produces coating oils for granulated fertilizer.

PRODUCTS

• Recycled solvents
  
• Light Oil 10 (LO10). This is a low ash, low sulphur diesel replacement combustion fuel. For full specifications and a description of this product, click here.
  
• Coating oils.
  
• Bricking fuel
  
• LO2

FEEDSTOCKS

The Pietermaritzburg plant's primary feedstocks are:

Solvents


• Waste solvents from paint production plants.
  
• Alcohols contaminated with water.
  
• Rolling oils used in the production of aluminium sheets.

Oil


• Used lubricating oils.
  
• Light and middle distillate oils, from the Sasol synthetic fuels plant.
  
• Naphthas, which are light paraffinic (C5-C12) hydrocarbon by-products from the Petroleum Industry.

EFFLUENT TREATMENT

The aqueous effluent is processed through a comprehensive water effluent plant, which includes a dissolved air flotation oil separator as a final stage and then disposed of into the Municipal sewer.

QUALITY CONTROL

The Pietermaritburg plant has a well equipped laboratory which is able to do standard oil tests, such as viscosity, flash and pour point, ash, matter insoluble in toluene (MIT) and water content. A gas chromatograph is used for solvent quality control.

ENVIRONMENTAL

This plant has SANS ISO 14001 accreditation for its environmental management system.