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synthetic oil: Information from Answers.com (587 words) |
 | Synthetic oil is oil consisting of chemical compounds which were not originally present in crude oil (petroleum) but were artificially made (synthesized) from other compounds. |
| Synthetic oil could be made to be a substitute for petroleum or specially made to be a substitute for a lubricant oil such as conventional (or mineral) motor oil refined from petroleum. |
| When a synthetic oil or synthetic fuel is made as a substitute for petroleum, it is generally produced because of a shortage of petroleum or because petroleum is too expensive. |
| Process for treating used motor oil and synthetic crude oil - Patent 4432865 (7988 words) |
| Synthetic crude oils include oils prepared from naturally occurring bitumen deposits, even though the sources are natural liquids, as well as synthetic hydrocarbon and halosubstituted hydrocarbon oils, alkylene oxide polymers, mono- and dicarboxylic acid esters, synthetic silicon-based oils, etc., all as further discussed below. |
| Synthetic crude oils are useful, for example, in the preparation of lubricants, and normally liquid fuels such as gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel and fuel oil. |
| The present invention relates to a process for treating used motor oil and synthetic crude oil to remove undesired contaminants, particulary undesired nitrogen-containing materials and metallic contaminants, from such used motor oil or synthetic crude oil to permit further processing of the used motor oil (e.g., hydrogenation) and the synthetic crude oil (e.g., conventional refining). |
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