Base Oils-It's a Jungle Out There!

摘要

The list above is long and prestigious.These are all base oil plants-either paraffinic,naphthenic or both-that have ceased operating in the past 20 years or so.Why should you care? Because history shows that one way to predict the future is to understand the past.Let's start with a quick recent history of the base oil industry.Motiva announced their massive 15,000 barrel/day expansion in 2004.The expansion was completed and online in March 2006.