ReOil: Getting crude oil back out of plastic

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Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could fuel our cars with garbage? Plastic is a particularly multifaceted material that’s bursting with energy. And yet we mostly throw it away or burn it. A better solution would certainly be to use it to produce fuel or usable plastic - and that’s precisely what OMV is working on.
OMV’s innovative ReOil technology is set to help ensure that plastic production is no longer a cul-de-sac that ends in waste incineration. This will facilitate an intelligent and sustainable circular economy for plastics.
Used plastics are inserted in the unit and fed into a smelting facility. A solvent is then added. This liquid makes the viscous mass turn as thin as water, which in turn enhances heat conductivity. This makes the plastic easier to break down into its constituent parts. Once the process is complete, the liquid that was added previously is re-extracted and ready to be used again. At the end of the process you have two main products. One part is usable gas, one part is known as Syncrude, i.e. crude oil. With this the products can then be processed in the refinery to make gasoline, diesel and polymer - itself a base product for plastic. This means that if you fill up at OMV today or use plastic packaging, it has probably already had something to do with ReOil. Projects like this underline the importance of Schwechat as one of Europe’s largest and most cutting-edge refineries.
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[@ANTONIOGUARASCIO]

A very good project of OMV, a company continuously committed in a development of new and sustainable technology

[@волковдмитрий-ц2ш]

I wish the best for this project, hope to hear good news from you guys. Good luck !

[@acro9779]

My right ear enjoyed that.

[@gh8066]

im buying some shares in OMV AG for sure

[@sinhnguyen4815]

Insane! Inspiring! Dominating!

[@gnryushi]

This is incredible.

[@romanchomenko2912]

So you have two options one waste to energy the other waste to oil as I see the modular unit is built next to a refinery good concept to make use of .The cost is another conjuring factor over 80 percent of energy is used so it will work but a hard sell .

[@elenadrachyovs4151]

Looks great!!

[@eugeneevergreen3850]

The plastic gets infinite, energy draining life cycles until it is one day burned and released up into our delicate atmosphere 💖

[@sheelakaabeywickrama2614]

Good effort.

[@vermili0n]

If more facilities started opening and doing this, and using the natural gas to power the production, this could be a game changer. Even if it costs money who cares? This planet needs saving.

[@jamesjordan8399]

Tell Greta Thunberg that you are working on it . There is still much work to be done to eliminate paper labels which is a nasty contaminate from the plastic packaging ( use a plastic label instead!) Shrink on type , no glue. If the food industry did that one thing it would improve the bottom line for the whole recycling industry.

[@edwardvaughnbalicudiong]

I have a bunch of number 1 and 5 plastic in my room at the moment i wonder if those are good plastic for recycling into syncrude

[@mrblack9791]

also seeing as we produce roughly 36 billion gallons of sewage per day i think we would have to stockpile more of that fuel sourch witch gets pretty costly that is all carry on

[@elite_energies4330]

Good job OMV......i produced the crude oil from plastics and them distilled the material to obtained a highly flammable liquid Which was yellow in colour. My question is how can one get diesel cause the substance I obtained was more flammable than commercial diesel?

[@omv]

Hard to judge from your response what the real reason was but we assume that your liquid probably had naphtha components in it which resulted in the effect you are describing.

[@Nitro1000]

​@@omv I think he means gasoline

[@BayaniMagtanggol]

I have a question, does the plastic needs to be superclean before putting in the process?

[@boobtube1212]

What's the EROI? Price per barrel? How do the economics compared with conventional recycling?

[@omv]

The commercial viability clearly depends on crude oil and waste plastic price levels, but we see an attractive business case within current crude price forecasts and available plastic waste volumes - assuming a successful process and technology scale-up. A chemical recycling process like ReOil is able to convert low-quality plastic waste, which is an advantage over conventional recycling in terms of economic efficiency.

[@m369.0jz]

Already been done back in the 80s, can't be done cheap enough to be done lol

[@etpetnel]

Question, how do you obtain the plastic? E.g. do you pay for it? Just thinking that paying people to bring you plastic would be a great motivator..

[@omv]

Hello Etienne, OMV gets the used plastics from the substitute fuel industry - substitute fuels are fuels produced from waste.

[@ysruizc]

The big question (that which destroys the dreams of Chemists and Chemical Engineers) about this technology is: is it economically feasible?, could it be in the future with further improvements?

[@omv]

We are confident that ReOil® can be profitable in the future. For this reason, we are ready to bring ReOil® to industrial scale and are currently preparing for the construction of a ReOil® demo plant at our Schwechat site. By 2025 we aim to develop ReOil® into a commercially viable, industrial-scale recycling technology.

[@elenadrachyovs4151]

@@omv can I join your team?

[@omv]

Hello, thank you for your interest in a career at OMV. Please head over to our OMV Jobboard: www.omv.com/job-board. There you can find an overview of our current vacancies and directly apply for a position you are interested in. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

[@samieebrahimi4594]

What was the substance you used to make the process easier ?

[@omv]

This unique process utilizes a solvent to decrease the viscosity of the plastics feed and to improve the heat transfer.

[@gh8066]

@@omv wow you guys actually reply to newer comments too, how cool!

[@scottshort2051]

Couldn’t you use the “gas” fumes to heat the unit to melt the plastic I am also curious for a ton of plastic how crude oil is recovered

[@omv]

In order to extract the oil, plastic needs to be heated to over 400 °C. At this temperature, the long-chain molecules from the plastic are cracked and produce synthetic crude oil. Sounds feasible in theory, but it is trickier in practice. After all, plastic is a poorer conductor than glass, ceramics or metal. So a liquid solvent that solved two problems in one fell swoop came into play. It is mixed with the plastic right at the start of the process, supporting the heating stage and reducing the energy needed thanks to better heat conductivity. What’s more, pure plastic would be too tough to transport through pipes. Adding the solvent also enables us to address this problem. After it has been melted down, this mass is vaporized into gas, whereby the long chains of molecules are broken down. They are then subsequently reassembled into smaller chains via chemical processes.

[@Spartanash]

This is so exciting... Hope it would be economical...what is total running cost for producing 1 barrel of crude(Raw) ???

[@omv]

We are confident that ReOil® can be profitable in the future. For this reason, we are ready to bring ReOil® to industrial scale and are currently preparing for the construction of a ReOil® demo plant at our Schwechat site.

[@mrblack9791]

we can fuel our cars with garbage just saying its a fuel in use around the wold very well documented thats go on

[@mrblack9791]

we would run out if that helps

[@Kelkarancient]

Please set up plant in India , already based on thermopyrolysis unit many units are in India which make fuel on smaller scale.

[@ateisme3752]

Does this plant handle all plastics, or do they have a selective diet of plastic waste?

[@omv]

Hi Ateisme, There are already well established recycling systems in place for typical beverage bottles PET (PET2PET). Other plastics - for example packaging foils or containers made from thick-walled polyethylene, polypropylene or polystyrene - can also be used for this process.

[@pristineparr7509]

A plastic to oil machine already exists. It's called the Blest machine. A Japanese man created it almost a decade ago!!!!

[@omv]

Hi Pristine Parr, T´the fundamentals of thermal depolymerization are well known. Our patent is based on using a solvent to reduce the viscosity and thereby facilitate a large-scale, industrial solution (more than 50,000 tonnes per year). The solvent is a highly aromatic, high-boiling solvent (high boiling range).

[@BH-vc4me]

OMV how toxic it this solvent to the environment? What’s its life span? What are you doing with it after it’s past it’s useable point? What is the name of this solvent?

[@omv]

Hello, thank you for your comment. The basis of the OMV patent is the use of a solvent to reduce the viscosity and thus enable a large-scale solution. The solvent is a highly aromatic heavy boiler (high boiling range). The solvent is filtered and recycled after the extracted crude oil has been distilled off. More details about ReOil can be found in this article: www.omv.com/en/blog/reoil-getting-crude-oil-back-out-of-plastic

[@saurabhdev9197]

What type of catalyst use in plastic recycling?

[@omv]

You find more information about the actual process of our patented ReOil technology here: www.omv.com/en/blog/plastic2plastic-reoil-completes-the-circle-in-plastics-recycling

[@IOIIOHilmiHikmatulloh]

Is the combustion left some residue ?

[@ibrahimjamil188]

Love from bangladesh

[@DharmendraKumar-pg8zn]

What is used as catalysit

[@omv]

We do not use a catalyst, we have a thermal cracking process running on moderate temperature levels. Read more on the technical process here: www.omv.com/en/blog/plastic2plastic-reoil-completes-the-circle-in-plastics-recycling

[@jamesjordan8399]

Have you thought of an ocean going reactor ship deployed in each of the ocean garbage patches . generates fuel to run the ship , while cleaning the patch and any excess could be sold for profit . that would make the save the earth people happy . maybe they could fund your group. Good luck with your operation

[@aaronw2522]

There is a ship out there that collects garbage patches?

[@thinkimfunny]

There is a company in the United Kingdom that seems to a very similar process that you do. Are you aware of them?

[@omv]

Hi thinkimfunny, The fundamentals of thermal depolymerization are well known. Our patent is based on using a solvent to reduce the viscosity and thereby facilitate a large-scale, industrial solution (more than 50,000 tonnes per year). The solvent is a highly aromatic, high-boiling solvent (high boiling range).

[@MichelJosephCardin]

And refining lumber would be ideal as it's fuel makes it's use as construction material a fire hazard. And I would be glad to explain any or all of you; my idea of how I would go about extracting both fuels and laminating these two; as to finish with that of a perfect stronger( strength will then be subject to laminating directions and ratio of plastic) combined materials. I am happy to share these ideas; but don't feel like giving explanations to deaf ears.

[@tamle7478]

how can i support you guys?

[@Jerry-ko9pi]

Instead of sending all the plastic to the landfills, lets start "storing" if for future use. Someone will develop an easier way to recycle it.

[@shinylife58]

Is the system can process waste tyres to oil or biochar too?

[@omv]

Thank you for showing interest in our innovative ReOil pilot plant. No, tires cannot be recycled in it. But the following materials can: common packaging material; household products such as yoghurt pots, shampoo bottles, plastic bags, plastic cups, lids from takeaway coffee, carton packaging, filling material & bubble wrap. Chemical recycling, as a technology, complements mechanical recycling in the overall drive to eliminate plastic waste. It is needed to recycle waste streams coming from sorting and mechanical recycling operations, which are sent to mixed municipal waste incinerators or landfills today.

[@shinylife58]

@@omv Thank you very much.

[@Sunny-uc6cd]

how many Liters per kilo of trash?

[@omv]

Hi TXM, This pilot plant can process up to 100 kilograms of plastic per hour. In the end around 100 liters of valuable crude is secured from 100 kilograms of waste.

[@lucassmith9805]

The material they add is carbon.

[@MichelJosephCardin]

Funny how an/the ideal process; for this would not be as possibly easily possible. LOL

[@MichelJosephCardin]

Just kidding; It can be done; while being done by just raising materials for feeding; and letting it process itself; well it can also produce heating energy for winter heating; thus helping global warming problems. Ask and I'll tell you all and it's obvious and should had been and always should be visited as solutions in all builds; new like problematic ones. Surreal; is in my opinion; the actual real; as I have seen and continue to see.

[@aaravsinha4176]

I want to meet with u where is your factory

[@omv]

Hi Aarav, please let us know more details about your intention to meet with us via [e-mail]. More details about our pilot reoil project are available here: www.omv.com/en/sustainability/innovation/circular-economy-re-oil

[@rustymason3860]

Spoiler: The crude oil that we extract today is plastic from ancient landfills.

[@Nitro1000]

And the regular crude oil is prehistoric waste. Same end result without all the drilling

[@nashitakhtar875]

great why an"t the government see it

[@aaronw2522]

This video is not too clear. It also only gives a diagram of the full process. The machine used is only briefly shown without much explanation, just a time lapse of people standing in front of it. They also only show what they say is crude oil coming out of the end piece. If this is occurring wouldn't it be in the environments best interest to pay workers more and hire more workers to turn plastics into oil. If this is true this has the potential to be a very lucrative business and environmentally friendly this would help save the planet and reduce the problem with disposing of plastics.

[@omv]

Hallo Aaron W, thank you for your feedback and your interest in our ReOil pilot plant. The main purpose of this video was to give an overview of the process to the general public. You can find more detailed information in our OMV blog (www.omv.com/en/blog/reoil-getting-crude-oil-back-out-of-plastic) or on the website (www.omv.com/en/sustainability/innovation/circular-economy-re-oil) about it. OMV believe that post-consumer plastics are a valuable resource that should not the thrown away. OMV signed a MoU last year with ADNOC to assess the feasibility of a scalable ReOil® plant in the UAE (www.omv.com/en/news/190323-omv-and-adnoc-sign-mou-in-presence-of-abu-dhabi-s-crown-prince-h-h-sheikh-mohammed-bin-zayed-and-austria-s-chancellor-h-e-sebastian-kurz). Additionally OMV and Borealis extended their partnership at the industrial site in Schwechat (www.omv.com/en/news/190508-omv-reoil-project-omv-and-borealis-extend-their-partnership-at-the-industrial-site-in-schwechat). But this pilot plant needs to perform all of the experiments required to enable the implementation of a commercial-size installation in the coming years.

[@mrMacGoover]

I seen people with back yard refineries make nicer plastic fuel than this.