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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2025
Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company, Baytown, TX (US);
Jordan C. Smith, Spring, TX (US);
Bennett D. Marshall, II, Conroe, TX (US);
Pavel V. Kortunov, Flemington, NJ (US);
Joseph E. Gatt, Annandale, NJ (US);
Mohammed I. L. Abutaqiya, League City, TX (US);
Theresa Lindsey Bunting, Houston, TX (US);
Yunlong Zhang, Cypress, TX (US);
Brian D. Hogg, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Joseph Chan, Sarnia, CA;
Christopher J. Wheeler, Sarnia, CA;
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Baytown, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are processes for recycling hydrocarbons in a used high performance lubricant such as wind turbine gear oil. In the present process and methodologies, the used high performance lubricant is not mixed with another type of used oil. The used high performance oil is contacted with a solvent in an extraction process. Contaminates are extracted and circular hydrocarbons are formed. Solvent can be recovered, and the circular hydrocarbon combined with a high performance base stock for use as a high performance lubricant in a mechanical system.