Process to Prepare a Base Oil From a Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Product

Abstract

Process to prepare base oils from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product by (a) separating the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product into a fraction (i) boiling in the middle distillate range and below, a heavy ends fraction (iii) and an intermediate base oil precursor fraction (ii) boiling between fraction (i) and fraction (iii), (b) subjecting the base oil precursor fraction (ii) to a catalytic hydroisomerisation step in the presence of a catalyst comprising a binder, zeolite Beta and a Group VIII metal and a catalytic dewaxing step in the presence of a catalyst comprising a binder, a medium pore size zeolite having and a Group VIII hydrogenation component to yield one or more base oil grades, (c) subjecting the heavy ends fraction (iii) to a conversion step to yield a fraction (iv) boiling below the heavy ends fraction (iii) and (d) subjecting the high boiling fraction (v) of fraction (iv) to a catalytic hydroisomerisation and catalytic dewaxing process to yield one or more base oil grades .

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