Base Oil
Base oil is a kind of oil considered as a base for lubrication. After adding additives to the base oil, final lubricant is obtained. base oils are important components in terms of volume.
The average weight of a lubricant formulations comprise more than 95%.
Base oil can be obtained from oil or non-oil sources. Most of the base oil consumption in today world will be obtained from crude oil refining.Base oils generally categorized in mineral, natural and synthetic classification .