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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Gilbert Robert Bernard Germaine, Petit Couronne, FR;
David John Wedlock, Chester, GB;
Gilbert Robert Bernard Germaine, Petit Couronne, FR;
David John Wedlock, Chester, GB;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Base oil formulation containing (i) a Fischer-Tropsch derived light base oil and (ii) a Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil. The formulation can be prepared by back-blending a Fischer-Tropsch derived light base oil with a Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil, for instance derived from the same Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Also provided is the use of a Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil in a base oil formulation containing a Fischer-Tropsch derived light base oil, for the purpose of improving the cold flow properties of the formulation while maintaining its flash point above a desired target value, and/or for the purpose of reducing the concentration of a cold flow additive in the formulation, preferably with less of a reduction in the flash point of the formulation than theory would have predicted to occur due to the incorporation of the Fischer-Tropsch derived gas oil.