CRUDE OIL SELECTION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LUBRICANT BASE STOCKS

Methods are provided for characterizing crude oils, crude fractions, or other potential feedstocks for forming lubricating base oils in order to determine the suitability of a feedstock for lubricating base oil production. One type of characterization is to determine the isoparaffin, naphthene, and/...

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Main Authors POWERS, CORRY, S, JOSECK, ERIC, D, LEVINE, STEVEN, WEBSTER, MIZAN, TAHMID, I, GONG, LIEZHONG, WELLONS, HELEN, S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 20.01.2016
Subjects
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:Methods are provided for characterizing crude oils, crude fractions, or other potential feedstocks for forming lubricating base oils in order to determine the suitability of a feedstock for lubricating base oil production. One type of characterization is to determine the isoparaffin, naphthene, and/or aromatics contents of the distillate portion of a feedstock. A second characterization is to determine the viscosity index of a distillate portion of a feedstock after dewaxing the distillate portion to a target pour point.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20140709812