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Hydrocracking - Bruce
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Posted by Jay (ND) on January 08, 2006 at 06:38:00 from (216.196.65.8):
Bruce, You may be right that Mobil hasn't had the hydrocracked for 7 or 8 years yet. I would have to check. You are correct that Chevron was the first out with an acceptable (I say acceptable because of Conoco's earlier trials) heavy duty Group II. Mobil was one year behind them. I think part of Chevrons jump start was that they had the chairman seat on the API at the time, and knew what was coming down the road. Obviously by our dialogue, I don't need to tell you the advantages of group II oils. Probably the main disadvantage is additive fall-out. You probably know that most companies are marketing Group III oils as synthetic. Mobil and Amsoil use Group IV - there are probably others.
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