Some of you may not like rerefined oils. I don't blame you. There isn't much policing of the quality so you are left to trust the manufacturer that the rerefined oils are properly prepared.
Companies like Puralube follow similar hydrotreating processes to what heavy crude oils are exposed to for making Group II and Group II+ oils. Plus, when you include the concentrations of higher quality bases in their "feedstocks" (reclaimed engine oil from the consumer market) you can get some pretty nice quality base oil. Put them next to a Group II from a virgin feedstock and I bet you can't tell the difference.
So now they are upgrading their production to produce Group III level oils (Same saturates and aromatic content of Group II, but Higher Viscosity Index). Depending on how these stack up against other market Group III base oils this could be a real opportunity for the synthetic lube market. Imagine Valvoline NextGen FULL SYNTHETIC.
(Ok maybe not Valvoline because that whole thing was kind of a bust!)
Check out this article from Lube Report:
Link
Companies like Puralube follow similar hydrotreating processes to what heavy crude oils are exposed to for making Group II and Group II+ oils. Plus, when you include the concentrations of higher quality bases in their "feedstocks" (reclaimed engine oil from the consumer market) you can get some pretty nice quality base oil. Put them next to a Group II from a virgin feedstock and I bet you can't tell the difference.
So now they are upgrading their production to produce Group III level oils (Same saturates and aromatic content of Group II, but Higher Viscosity Index). Depending on how these stack up against other market Group III base oils this could be a real opportunity for the synthetic lube market. Imagine Valvoline NextGen FULL SYNTHETIC.
(Ok maybe not Valvoline because that whole thing was kind of a bust!)
Check out this article from Lube Report:
Link