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LW-01-128 PROCESS OPTIONS FOR PRODUCING HIGHER QUALITY BASESTOCKS

Timothy Hilbert Licensing Manager ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Fairfax, VA And Ian Cody Section Head Lubes Exploratory Research Sylvan Hantzer Research Scientific Associate ExxonMobil Process Research Laboratories Baton Rouge, LA

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Description:

Demand for higher quality Group II and III baseoils is expected to grow, driven by increasingly tighter specifications for passenger car motor oils. Those lube plant operators, currently capable of producing only Group l baseoils, are evaluating available process alternatives for upgrading their lube plant facilities to produce these high quality baseoils. These include stand-alone grass roots facilities such as a hydrocracker followed by a hydro-isomerization unit, which provides the greatest capability and flexibility but also the highest investment. Other options can be attractive, such as raffinate hydrotreating and isomerization, or raffinate hydroconversion, processes that make maximum use of existing solvent processing equipment and require lower investment. Hydroisomerization of slack wax from an existing unit may also be an attractive lower investment alternative for producing smaller quantities of very high quality baseoil (e.g. 130+ VI) for use as a blend stock. This paper describes the relative performance, cost and applicability of these alternatives and how new catalyst technology can significantly leverage overall processing capabilities to achieve these new targets.

Product Details:

Product ID: LW-01-128
Publication Year: 2001