Enviro reports further tyre oil order

Scandinavian Enviro Systems has received a recovered tyre pyrolysis oil order worth SEK 2 million (£158,000) from Swedish fuel company Preem. Enviro will deliver the oil in the first quarter of 2023 for Preem’s use in production tests that will determine its suitability for producing biofuels. Testing will take place at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil, which has already been granted a permit to conduct production tests using tyre pyrolysis oil.

“This order is very important for us since it is yet more confirmation of the commercial potential of our oil and our recycling technology. A large player in the oil industry in our own home market taking this step provides important support for our expansion in both Sweden and internationally,” says Thomas Sörensson, chief executive officer of Enviro.

Enviro will produce the oil at its plant in Åsensbruk, Sweden, where the company extracts oil from sources such as end-of-life vehicle tyres using its proprietary and patented recycling technology.

Preem is Sweden’s largest fuel company and has high environmental ambitions. For example, the company has communicated its target to produce 5 million cubic metres of renewable fuel and to achieve climate neutrality along its entire value chain by 2035. Pyrolysis oil contains a high percentage of renewable material due to the high amounts of natural rubber found in the vehicle tyres, and thus is very suitable for producing environmentally sustainable biofuel.

Enviro recently announced that a subsidiary of a leading US oil company has carried out successful production tests of Enviro’s tyre pyrolysis oil. In the past year, Enviro’s pyrolysis oil has been certified under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) EU standard and has received REACH approval. REACH is the European Parliament and Council’s regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.