The initial ReOil pilot plant at the OMV Schwechat refinery has been operational since 2018, achieving nearly 30,000 cracking hours to date. During this pilot period, more than 2.1 million kilograms of plastic waste have been processed sustainably. ReOil achieves this by transforming post-consumer mixed plastic waste into pyrolysis oil, which serves as a raw material for producing sustainable base chemicals. These chemicals are then converted into various essential everyday applications, including food packaging, healthcare products, and components for electric vehicles.
The company has now started-up the next-scale expansion of its innovative proprietary ReOil® technology at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna. OMV’s new plant can process up to 16,000 metric tons of hard-to-recycle mixed plastic waste annually.