A PROCESS FOR MAKING A LUBE BASE STOCK FROM A LOWER MOLECULAR WEIGHT FEEDSTOCK

摘要

A process for making a lube base stock wherein a highly paraffinic feedstock (with boiling points within the range of from 258 DEG to 1100 DEG F) is dehydrogenated to produce an olefinic feedstock, which is oligomerized to produce an oligomerized product, which is separated into a lighter fraction and a heavier fraction. That heavier fraction has a flash point within the lube base oil range.