Base Oils (Virgin and Recycled)

Almost every lubricant used in plants today started as just a base oil. The main element of lubricants (volume-wise) is base oil, and it forms about 95% of the lubricant’s weight. In some lubricants (Compressor and Hydraulic oil), 99% of the oil consists of base oil, and only 1% contains additives. Base oils can be reached from oil-based and non-oil-based resources. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has categorized base oils into five categories (API 1509, Appendix E). Most of the base oils used in the world are obtained from crude oil refining. Most of the compounds which form base oils are Paraffinic, Naphthenic, and Aromatic compounds.

Base oils are produced by extracting and treating high-viscosity material from narrow distillation cuts of vacuum Gasoil or vacuum residue. This requires special processing through several different units comprising the lubes plant.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has categorized base oils into five categories.

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Group V

We deliver FOB/CFR/CPT (Incoterms 2020) by flexitanks, vessels, road tankers, Isotanks, etc.