Methods for producing api group 111, technical white oil from rubber derived pyrolysis oil

A method for producing a skin-care product or food-contact product, the method comprising:

• hydroprocessing a rubber pyrolysis oil in a presence of hydrogen and a non-noble metal catalyst to saturate olefins and diolefins and decrease the halide, sulfur and nitrogen contents within the rubber pyrolysis oil, thereby providing a pretreated rubber pyrolysis oil;
• hydrotreating the pretreated rubber pyrolysis oil in a presence of hydrogen and a noble metal catalyst to reduce remaining unsaturation in the pretreated rubber pyrolysis oil, thereby providing an API Group III Technical White Oil, and
• blending the API Group III Technical White Oil with skin care ingredients to provide the skin care product, or combining the API Group III Technical White Oil with food ingredients to provide the food-contact product.

An API Group III Technical White Oil made by a process comprising:

• hydroprocessing a rubber pyrolysis oil in a presence of hydrogen and a non-noble metal catalyst to saturate olefins and diolefins and decrease the halide, sulfur and nitrogen contents within the rubber pyrolysis oil, thereby providing a pretreated rubber pyrolysis oil;
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• hydrotreating the pretreated rubber pyrolysis oil in a presence of hydrogen and a noble metal catalyst and under sufficiently severe conditions to reduce aromatics and provide an API Group III Technical White Oil having a total polycyclic aromatic (PAH) content of less than 100 ppm (<0.01 wt. %).