Finland’s Neste Oil to enhance product availability in the U.S.

Finland’s Neste Oil said it will make available Nexbase 3030, a light viscosity grade base oil, to its line-up of high-quality base stocks in the United States.
With the addition of Nexbase 3030, which is stored at the company’s terminal in the Port of Houston, Neste Oil will be able to offer a wide range of viscosity grades, from 3cSt to 8cSt, in the U.S., providing formulators and blenders of top-tier lubricants with the maximum amount of blending flexibility.
Nexbase 3030 is an isoalkane cut, isolated from the light end of the Nexbase Group III base oil production process, and is both aromatics- and sulfur-free. Classified as a process oil, Nexbase 3030 has a high flash point, good cold properties and low VOC content. It is useful in applications ranging from metalworking fluids and transformer oils to highly demanding driveline fluids.
“Due to increasing fuel economy targets, the driveline market is towards lower-viscosity fluids requiring higher-performing base oils,” says Virpi Amoedo, vice president, Base Oils.
“Nexbase 3030 is an excellent base stock for today’s driveline market and enables formulators to meet the tightening Brookfield viscosity targets for licensed OEM specifications.”