History

Three decades of purposeful innovation

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Petrochemistry is in our DNA. Pictured above is Ján Madar (far right), the father of Ivan Madar, and his colleagues at the Faculty of Chemical Technology in 1951

  

  • 1996
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    Roil Trade was born. It was founded out of the inspiration to offer a novel solution to a variety of today’s pressing issues arising from the growing use of crude oil based products and the waste that comes with it

  • 1998
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    Roil Trade took its first step to become the innovation pioneer in the crude oil industry with the patent for our BlowDec® technology awarded

  • 2000
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    First prototype machine for the upgrading and treatment of Oil Sludges arising from the extraction, transportation and processing of crude oil was created. The results showed its ability to separate them into basic parts of Oil, Water and Solids, which can be used again as high value products.

  • 2000 - 2003
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    R&D Operation site is established for BlowDec® with a 45 kW reactor unit near Bratislava, Slovakia. Tests were gradually carried out with different types of real and simulated waste materials. At the same time, with the ongoing tests, the technological equipment was further innovated and optimised with modifications applied to correct inefficiencies. Our findings have been published in 2003 in Petroleum & Coal Paper, today available at ResearchGate.

  • 2002
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    BlowDec has been recognised for disruption and innovation, winning ‘Most progressive Idea’ for the Environmental protection Award

  • 2005
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    BlowDec® was used to test processing of Drill Cuttings from the North Sea oil field successfully for a large US oil company Varco International

  • 2006
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    Heavy Hydrocarbons were tested using BlowDec® technology, namely Natural Heavy Oil from Albania, Blown Bitumen and Bottom Heavy Residue Oil, all of which are extremely challenging to upgrade. Our results were exceptional in viscosity and density improvement.

  • 2007
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    Tires and Rubber were tested successfully

  • 2009
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    Universal BlowDec® device with a 250 kW reactor is built which enables the processing of liquid (oils), slurry (sludges) and solid (plastics, rubber) waste, a breakthrough innovation.

  • 2010 - 2012
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    BlowDec® is used for further R&D and tests in Slovnaft, in Bratislava Slovakia

  • 2014 - 2019

    BlowDec® is utilised for Waste Oil processing in Czech Republic

  • 2015
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    Black Oil Cocktail, a wide spectrum of different engine waste oils with different properties is tested with the BlowDec technology

  • 2020
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    BlowDec® is used for Waste Plastic processing in Norway

  • 2022
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    BlowDec® is used for Waste Plastic processing in Germany