Base Oils 4 – Specialties

Specialty base oils cater to niche applications as well as extreme operating environments. Maybe the application is in the chemicals industry processi…

Base Oils 3 – Synthetic Base Oils

When extra performance is required, or longer oil drains – we turn to synthetic base oils. When combined with a high quality additive package these …

Base Oils 2 – Mineral Oils

Mineral base oils derived from refined crude oils dominate the market by volume. API Group I – III oils are far and away the most popular, so unders…

Base Oils 1 – Fundamentals

Base oils are a foundational component of lubrication. In most lubricating environments, the base oil viscosity is the leading factor in lubrication p…