Process to prepare paraffin wax

A process to prepare paraffins and waxes, the process at least comprising the following steps:

• (a) providing a Fischer-Tropsch product stream comprising paraffins having from 10 to 300 carbon atoms;
• (b) subjecting the Fischer-Tropsch product stream of step (a) to a hydrogenation step, thereby obtaining a hydrogenated Fischer-Tropsch product stream comprising 10 to 300 carbon atoms;
• (c) separating the hydrogenated Fischer-Tropsch product stream of step (b), thereby obtaining at least a fraction comprising 10 to 17 carbon atoms and a fraction comprising 18 to 300 carbon atoms;
• (d) separating the fraction comprising 18 to 300 carbon atoms of step (c), thereby obtaining one or more first light waxes having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C. and a second heavy wax having a congealing point in the range of 75 to 120° C.;
• (e) hydrofinishing one or more wax fractions having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C. of step (d) thereby obtaining one or more hydrofinished wax fractions having a congealing point in the range of 30 to 75° C.