Our Company
Ultraclean Technology was founded by experienced energy industry executives to solve a problem they encountered firsthand. Many remote oil production and refining operations required hydrocarbon upgrading solutions, yet conventional hydrotreating was often impractical due to its reliance on high-pressure hydrogen, complex process equipment and significant infrastructure.
The industry needed a simpler alternative.
Rather than adapting existing technology, the founders set out to develop an entirely new approach, one capable of upgrading hydrocarbon products using mild operating conditions, modular equipment and a process that could be deployed where conventional technologies were neither practical nor economically viable.
Over more than twenty years of research, engineering and commercial development, that original concept has evolved into Ultrex®, a patented oxygen-based hydrocarbon upgrading platform. Originally developed as an alternative to conventional desulphurisation, the platform has expanded to selectively remove sulphur, nitrogen compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons and other undesirable molecules while upgrading lower-quality and circular feedstocks into higher-value fuels and lubricants.
Today, Ultrex® is a commercially proven industrial platform built for the economics of the energy transition. Its modular architecture, mild operating conditions provide refiners with a practical pathway to improve product quality, reduce capital intensity and unlock greater value from existing assets and emerging circular feedstocks.
While oxidative upgrading has been investigated for decades, commercial deployment has historically been constrained by technical and economic barriers. Ultraclean remained focused on solving these challenges. Through more than two decades of continuous development, the Company has addressed the engineering, process and commercial limitations that prevented industry adoption, creating what it believes is the world's first commercially proven oxygen-based hydrocarbon upgrading platform.
One Platform. Multiple Markets
Upgrading Hydrocarbons. Unlocking Value.
Ultrex® is a hydrocarbon upgrading platform designed to increase the value of existing liquid hydrocarbon streams. Rather than producing new fuels, Ultrex® upgrades lower-value products into cleaner, higher-value fuels and lubricants using a common oxygen-based process platform.
Built on the same core chemistry and modular process architecture, Ultrex® can be applied across multiple refinery streams and circular feedstocks, allowing each successful application to expand the platform's commercial opportunity.
The Sulphur and Carbon Campaign
The past 25 years were about sulphur, the Next 25 Years Will Be About Carbon
• Low sulphur fuels dramatically reduce particulate matter and SOx emissions from road transport.
• Developed markets now operate on 10–15 ppm sulphur diesel, while many developing countries continue transitioning toward ULSD.
• The United Nations Environment Programme continues to promote global adoption of ULSD as a public health and air quality priority.
ROAD TRANSPORT FUELS
Circular Lubricants – Re-Refined Base Oils (RRBO)
• The next phase of decarbonisation extends beyond fuels into circular lubricants.
• Demand for high-quality re-refined base oils continues to grow as lubricant manufacturers seek lower-carbon products.
• Existing re-refining assets recover base oil but often cannot economically produce premium Group II and Group III quality products.
• Upgrading RRBO represents one of the largest emerging opportunities in the circular economy.
