chevron base oils for automotive use

[facility1]

was reading a site on base oils and saw chevron makes a group three plus base oil called Nexron, is this like the GTL base that shell makes? Who else has GTL base oil for automotive lubricants or even similar?

 

[MolaKule]

NEXBASE was an acquisition by Chevron of NESTE's base oils:

https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/20...nexbase-brand-business-from-neste-corporation

https://chevronbaseoils.my.site.com/s/typicals

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

was reading a site on base oils and saw chevron makes a group three plus base oil called Nexron, is this like the GTL base that shell makes? Who else has GTL base oil for automotive lubricants or even similar?

Not GTL. https://www.oil-gasportal.com/gtl-s..., five commercial-scale,Bintulu GTL, Malaysia

Some more info below.

https://www-old.neste.com/sites/neste.com/files/attachments/base_oils_2018_online.pdf

 

[kschachn]

was reading a site on base oils and saw chevron makes a group three plus base oil called Nexron, is this like the GTL base that shell makes? Who else has GTL base oil for automotive lubricants or even similar?

Any base stock that meets the interchange requirements for Group III (as defined in API Annex E) would be similar. It’s not dependent on the origin. Several of them out there not just ones derived from GTL, all are based on the level and effectiveness of hydrocracking (including GTL).

 

[4WD]

There are smaller players - but some majors are cautious due to the cost of large scale GTL upfront …

https://products.sasol.com/pic/products/home/gtl/index.html

 

[MolaKule]

For the technology involved in the production of GTL here is a White Paper:

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/gtl-base-oil-synthesis.369549/

 

[facility1]

thanks all,this helps on this information,sounds like the Havoline pro-ds maybe a type of group three plus,the pro-rs is a sort of plant based at 25%,though hard to find in stores

 

[MalibuRam65]

thanks all,this helps on this information,sounds like the Havoline pro-ds maybe a type of group three plus,the pro-rs is a sort of plant based at 25%,though hard to find in stores

Havoline is good stuff but you better looks at Triax Lubricants or Amsoil for Group 4 synthetics