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Blue Tide Secures Upsized Revolving Credit Facility

Blue Tide (“Company”), a leading North American producer of re-refined Group II/II+ base oils and portfolio company of Tailwater Capital LLC, today announced the successful upsizing of its revolving credit facility. Texas Capital led the transaction, with Origin Bank joining as a lending partner to support Blue Tide’s expanded financial needs. Blue Tide initially secured …

Blue Tide Completes Initial Phase of State-of-the-Art Base Oils Re-Refining Facility

Blue Tide, an environmental company focused on developing a network of used motor oil (“UMO”) re-refining facilities across North America and portfolio company of Tailwater Capital LLC (“Tailwater”), today announced the completion of the first phase of its base oils re-refinery located in Baytown, Texas (“Baytown Facility”). The Baytown Facility is undergoing the second phase …

Featured Article: NORA Member Spotlight on Blue Tide

Blue Tide’s commitment to becoming the leading re-refiner of high-performance base oils has been recognized by NORA, the premier association of responsible recyclers for used oil, in the latest issue of their industry publication, “Liquid Recycling”. This four-page spread examines the needs of an evolving industry and explains how Blue Tide is uniquely positioned to …

Blue Tide Welcomes Terence McHugh as Chief Executive Officer

Blue Tide (“Blue Tide” or the “Company”), an environmental company focused on developing a network of used motor oil (“UMO”) recycling facilities across North America, today announced the appointment of Terence (“Terry”) McHugh as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Blue Tide is a portfolio company of Tailwater Capital LLC (“Tailwater”) and is partly owned by Pennzoil …

Ownership and Transparency Values in Action

Blue Tide’s core values mean significant benefits for our customers like ensuring continuity of the quality, amount and origin of our products.

Health, Safety & Environment Value in Action

Blue Tide’s core values mean significant benefits for our customers like ensuring continuity of the quality, amount and origin of our products.

Integrity & Respect Value in Action

Blue Tide (BT) continues to make great strides in re-refining with our Core Values as a North Star. These values serve as guiding principles that shape our company’s culture, decision-making process, and overall success. Two of BT’s Core Values are Integrity and Respect. These two traits work together to foster trust and long-term relationships — …

Our Values in Action

Blue Tide’s core values mean significant benefits for our customers like ensuring continuity of the quality, amount and origin of our products.

Blue Tide Receives the First Shipment of UMO Feedstock

We reached an exciting milestone last week! Our first barge shipment of 20,000 barrels of UMO feedstock arrived at our terminal last week.

Shell and Blue Tide Partnership featured on Lubes’n’Greases Podcast

In December of 2022, we shared the exciting news that Shell Lubricants invested in Blue Tide to support their journey into a circular economy for lubricants. This month, Lubes’n’Greases sat down to talk with Max Blezer, base oil new business development manager, and Dr. Jason Brown, general manager of industry and transport technology with Shell …