Heavy Oil Production · BIM Industries

Turn waste tires into
barrels of heavy oil.

Industrial pyrolysis plants engineered for countries that import their fuel and stockpile their tires. Produce heavy fuel oil, carbon black and recycled steel on-site. Payback measured in months, not years.

15 TPD
tires processed daily
40%+
oil yield by mass
12-18 mo.
typical ROI
300 m²
site footprint

Two crises. One industrial answer.

The Persian Gulf war has pushed heavy fuel oil to multi-year highs. For countries that import every liter of their petroleum, this is a direct tax on cement kilns, steel mills, ceramic works, boiler rooms and power plants. At the same time, end-of-life tires pile up in landfills. Pyrolysis collapses both problems into a single revenue stream: the tire becomes the barrel.

+30%

Rise in heavy fuel oil spot since the Iran escalation began.

1.5 B

End-of-life tires generated globally each year.

~40%

Of tire mass recoverable as heavy fuel oil.

0 L

Of external fuel imported once the plant is running (self-heating).

Dedicated country briefs

Click a flag to read the localized market case with in-country economics and fuel prices.

Heavy fuel oil in the target markets

Indicative industrial HFO / Bunker-C spot price and national consumption. The larger the local consumption, the easier it is to place every tonne of pyrolysis oil without trucking far from the plant.

Country HFO price (USD/t, Apr 2026) Annual HFO consumption Waste tires generated Our sell price (−20%)
🇰🇷 South Korea~780~7.5 Mt~390 kt~624
🇯🇵 Japan~720~28 Mt~1,020 kt~576
🇹🇼 Taiwan~780~9 Mt~130 kt~624
🇮🇩 Indonesia~650~7.5 Mt~620 kt~520
🇲🇾 Malaysia~680~2.7 Mt~100 kt~544
Philippines~700~2.4 Mt~80 kt~560
Türkiye~710~6 Mt~300 kt~568
Morocco~690~1.1 Mt~50 kt~552
Jordan~720~1.8 Mt~35 kt~576
Pakistan~660~3.5 Mt~170 kt~528
Bangladesh~650~2.2 Mt~110 kt~520
Sri Lanka~680~0.6 Mt~25 kt~544
South Africa~700~2.8 Mt~240 kt~560
Kenya~700~0.5 Mt~40 kt~560
Ecuador~670~0.9 Mt~35 kt~536

Prices are indicative industrial HFO / Bunker-C / MFO-380 ranges as observed April 2026. Local retail rates may differ with taxes, subsidies and port premiums.

BIM-T15 Batch Pyrolysis Plant

A CE and ISO certified thermochemical reactor sized for a single 40-foot flat rack plus two 40-foot high-cube containers. Ship, install, commission. One operating cycle per 24 hours.

Tire feedstock handled at plant intake
Tire bales loaded into the reactor
Syngas burner during heating
Reactor feed door detail
Active plant, condenser and pipework
ø2.8 × 8 m

Q345R boiler-grade steel, 18 mm shell with roller ring and integrated refractory casing. Pre-assembled and shipped as one unit to cut civil works.

15 t/day tires

10–12 t/day for plastic bales. Also validated on oil sludge, medical waste, cable insulation and rubber scrap.

45 kW draw

360 L of pyrolysis oil for the first ignition, then the reactor runs on its own syngas. Zero external fuel after startup.

300 m² / 4–6 staff

Three shifts. No advanced operator training required; we provide it on-site.

~20 hours

Feed 1h · pyrolysis 13–15h · cooling 5h · carbon discharge 2h · steel 1h. One batch per 24h.

CE · ISO · SGS

ISO 9001/14001/45001. CE marked per 2006/42/EC. SGS-verified oil quality and emissions testing available on request.

Process flow

1

Feed

Whole or pressed tires loaded through hydraulic door

2

Pyrolyze

Oxygen-free thermal cracking up to 450 °C

3

Condense

Modular condenser train separates heavy and light oil

4

Discharge

Oil to tanks, carbon black sealed, steel wire recovered

Closed-loop, compliant, clean

The syngas generated during cracking is captured and routed back to the heating furnace. Flue gas passes through condenser, water scrubber, ceramic filter and spray stage before release. A stainless-steel desulfurization tower meets EU emission norms. SGS-verified emissions reports are available for permitting dossiers.

Four sellable outputs. Zero landfill.

40–45%

Heavy fuel oil

Sells directly to cement kilns, ceramic factories, steel works, boiler plants. Optional on-site distillation yields non-standard diesel.

30–35%

Carbon black

Briquetted for fuel, milled to higher grade for rubber fillers and masterbatch, or asphalt additive.

10–15%

Steel wire

Clean steel bead wire, sold directly to scrap buyers and rolling mills.

~10%

Syngas (internal)

Recycled to the reactor furnace as the primary heat source after ignition. Zero external fuel required.

A real industrial fuel, not a byproduct

  • Density at 15 °C918 kg/m³
  • Flash point (PMCC)< 60 °C
  • Kinematic viscosity at 40 °C3.5 mm²/s
  • Gross heat of combustion42.5 MJ/kg
  • Net heat of combustion40.6 MJ/kg

Non-standard diesel from the same feedstock

  • AppearanceClear & bright
  • Density at 15 °C861 kg/m³
  • Flash point (PMCC)< 40 °C
  • Kinematic viscosity at 40 °C1.12 mm²/s
  • Gross heat of combustion43.8 MJ/kg

Not a render. A real working plant.

Photos captured during commissioning and operation. Reactor, condenser train, desulfurization tower, and the people who actually put steel on the pad.

The math behind the pitch

Transparent assumptions. Worst-case, base-case and upside scenarios. Sell the oil at 20% below the prevailing local HFO spot and the plant still pays itself back in months.

Gross margin simulator

Revenues from the three marketable outputs, minus the cost of sourcing the tires. CAPEX and plant operating costs are handled in the formal quotation.

Negative = tipping fee paid to you. Zero = free scrap. Positive = purchased.
Oil sell priceUSD 560/t
Annual oil revenue -
Carbon black + steel revenue -
Total annual revenue -
Annual tire feedstock cost -
Gross margin (rev. − tires) -

Assumes 15 TPD tire throughput, carbon black sold at USD 60/t, steel wire at USD 150/t. Revenue figures are gross; plant operating costs and CAPEX are addressed in the formal quotation. Typical return on investment ranges from 12 to 18 months depending on local HFO price and feedstock contract.

Three scenarios, same plant

MetricConservativeBaseUpside
Local HFO market priceUSD 600/tUSD 700/tUSD 850/t
Oil sell price (20% below market)USD 480/tUSD 560/tUSD 680/t
Operating days / year280300330
Oil yield38%40%42%
Annual oil revenueUSD 766,080USD 1,008,000USD 1,413,720
Carbon black + steel revenueUSD 176,400USD 190,350USD 209,385
Total annual revenueUSD 942,480USD 1,198,350USD 1,623,105
Indicative ROI12 to 18 months (full CAPEX & operating costs in quotation)

CAPEX and full financials on request

We share the detailed investment package, lead time, payment schedule and local operating assumptions in a tailored quotation after a short qualification call. Typical ROI sits in the 12 to 18 months range.

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We don't just sell pyrolysis plants.
We operate one.

BIM operates a large-scale biomass pyrolysis facility in India, processing up to 5 tonnes of feedstock per hour. Everything we ship has already been stress-tested against real production targets, real operators, real supply chains.

When you buy a plant from us, you also buy access to the engineering decisions we have already made, the operational mistakes we've already corrected, and the feedstock logistics we've already debugged in the field.

5 t/h

Biomass processed at our pyrolysis plant in India

1,000+

Years carbon permanence across our biochar operations

12 mo.

Equipment warranty, plus lifetime technical support

24/7

Online technical assistance after commissioning

Every month you wait is a tanker truck you didn't need to import.

Send us the country, the tire supply volume and the local HFO spot. We return a full technical & financial proposal within 5 business days.

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