The good thing about recovery of the base oil in the waste is that the recovery operation will also create income or a cost saving. In particular in regions where the base oil has to be imported, such as in the Caspian, it may even create a level of income that is more or less equivalent to the cost of the recovery operation. Environmental and commercial interests will go hand in hand if the recovered base oil can be used to substitute the expensive base oil, even more expensive locally due to transport costs.

Thermtech believe that they can very often challenge any other existing method or technology simply based on the business case itself. Even discharge to sea can be less economic in given situations, in particular if future liability is taken into account.