Overview
In 2025, Phoenix Equipment completed the sale and full relocation of a 2,300 BPD recycled oil refinery from Florida to Indonesia. The project was completed in under nine months, from initial due diligence through delivery at the buyer’s site overseas.
The assignment covered the full plant redeployment process, including commercial negotiations, technical review, dismantlement of installed equipment, heavy-haul transport of oversized assets, export packing, port operations, and ocean freight.
The Result:
The buyer received a complete recycled oil refinery in Indonesia on a timeline far shorter than a comparable new-build project. In total, Phoenix exported more than 4,300 CBM of equipment weighing over 955,000 kg, including 48 break-bulk pieces and 20 × 40-foot containers.
The acquisition also provided significant capital savings compared with purchasing new equipment and allowed the buyer to avoid more than 30 months of new-construction lead time.
The Challenge
The buyer needed a complete used oil recycling plant that was available quickly, competitively priced, and technically suitable for relocation to Indonesia. The Florida refinery fit those requirements and was similar to the buyer’s existing facility, but the relocation presented several challenges.
Large portions of the refinery had already been installed and integrated, which meant connections, piping arrangements, skid layouts, and equipment orientation had to be carefully documented before removal. The plant also included oversized vessels and columns that required specialized rigging, multi-axle transport, permitting, and controlled movement from a constrained industrial site.
At the same time, the equipment had to be packed, staged, and delivered around strict port schedules before being shipped internationally without damage or unnecessary delay. Coordinating engineering, dismantlement, heavy haul, export preparation, and ocean freight within a single project schedule was central to completing the relocation in under nine months.
See the plant block diagram to see the full scope of this project.
Phoenix Equipment’s Solution
Phoenix began with technical due diligence, commercial negotiations, documentation review, and transaction management. From the outset, the project schedule was built around the need to coordinate engineering, dismantlement, logistics, and ocean transport within a compressed timeframe.
For the installed portions of the refinery, Phoenix coordinated engineered lift plans, isolation and disconnection of utilities and tie-ins, heavy-crane rigging, cutting and separation where required, and systematic marking and tagging of equipment. Those steps were intended to preserve the plant’s original configuration so piping arrangements, skid layouts, and vessel orientations could be understood during future reassembly in Indonesia.
Other major refinery assets had never been installed and were stored separately. These included large ASME vessels that required multi-axle SPMTs or dual-lane trailers, route surveys, permitting, police escorts, and specialized saddles and supports for overland transport.
Once equipment reached the export stage, Phoenix coordinated packing and preservation for long-duration ocean transport. Skids, controls, and auxiliary systems were packed into 20 × 40-foot containers, while 48 oversized pieces were prepared for break-bulk shipment. Export preparation included custom crating, VCI preservation, saddle fabrication, moisture protection, and lashing and securing plans.
Phoenix also coordinated port receiving, staging, loading, tandem-lift crane operations, stowage, and ocean freight to Indonesia. The complete shipment exceeded 4,300 CBM and 955 metric tons, requiring close coordination between the dismantlement, heavy-haul, port, and ocean-freight phases of the project.
Outcome
Within nine months, the buyer received a complete recycled oil refinery prepared for reassembly in Indonesia. By purchasing an existing plant, the buyer avoided the substantially higher capital cost and extended schedule associated with building a comparable refinery from new equipment.
The project also demonstrated the practical value of managing dismantlement and international logistics as one coordinated effort. Phoenix handled the transition from installed process equipment in Florida through heavy-haul transport, export preparation, port operations, ocean freight, and final delivery to Indonesia.
The buyer ultimately avoided more than 30 months of new-construction lead time while receiving a complete refinery that had already been engineered and assembled for its intended process.
Project Highlights
- Plant: 2,300 BPD Recycled Oil Refinery
- Original Location: Florida, USA
- Destination: Indonesia
- Project Timeline: Under 9 Months
- Total Shipment Volume: More Than 4,300 CBM
- Total Equipment Weight: More Than 955,000 kg
- Break-Bulk Cargo: 48 Pieces
- Containerized Cargo: 20 × 40-Foot Containers
- Phoenix Scope: Due Diligence, Transaction Management, Dismantlement, Heavy Haul, Export Packing, Port Operations, Ocean Freight and Final Delivery
- Buyer Benefit: Significant Capital Savings and More Than 30 Months of New-Build Lead Time Avoided