{"id":12042,"date":"2026-09-02T21:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spico.org\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=12042"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:49:09","slug":"base-oil","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/products\/base-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Base oil"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12042\" class=\"elementor elementor-12042 elementor-11446\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d9957a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d9957a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c539974 column-xtra-sticky\" data-id=\"c539974\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f06ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81f06ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Base oil is the primary building block of virtually all finished lubricants \u2014 engine oils, industrial oils, greases, hydraulic fluids, and metalworking fluids all start with a base oil, into which additive packages are blended to achieve the final product&#8217;s performance characteristics. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Refined from crude oil (or, for synthetic types, manufactured through chemical synthesis), base oil typically makes up <strong>70\u201399%<\/strong> of a finished lubricant by volume, making its quality the single biggest factor in how that lubricant ultimately performs.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6627a0\" data-id=\"f6627a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c30a23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_gallery\" data-id=\"0c30a23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slick arrows_mlr no_dots arrows_inner\" 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class=\"cz_grid_details\"><i class=\"cz_grid_icon czi czico-146-search-4\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cz_grid_item \"><div data-title=\"Base-oil-4\"><a class=\"cz_grid_link \" title=\"Base-oil-4\" href=\"https:\/\/spico.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Base-oil-4.jpg\" data-xtra-lightbox><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/spico.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Base-oil-4-600x470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-codevz_600_600 size-codevz_600_600 wp-image-11604\" alt=\"Base oil 4 600x470\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><div class=\"cz_grid_details\"><i class=\"cz_grid_icon czi czico-146-search-4\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06bd437 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06bd437\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7be866\" data-id=\"b7be866\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451709ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"451709ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><span class=\"cz_line_side_solo\">_<\/span><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><h3><strong data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"246\">Base Oil <span style=\"color: #a06616;\">Classification<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fbd856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fbd856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Base oils are classified by the <strong>American Petroleum Institute (API 1509, Annex E)<\/strong> into five groups, based on three defining properties: <strong>sulfur content, saturates content, and viscosity index (VI)<\/strong>. This classification system is the global reference point used by refiners, blenders, and buyers to specify and compare base oil quality.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8e9cb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8e9cb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bd790b\" data-id=\"3bd790b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-026691d elementor-widget elementor-widget-cz_title\" data-id=\"026691d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cz_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cz_title clr cz_mobile_text_center cz_title_pos_inline\"><div class=\"cz_title_content\"><span class=\"cz_line_side_solo\">_<\/span><div class=\"cz_wpe_content\"><p><span style=\"color: #a06616; font-size: 22px;\"><strong>Applications<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9139ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9139ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Base oils are widely used across a range of automotive and industrial applications, including:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Engine oils \u2014 automotive, marine, and industrial engine lubrication<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Industrial lubricants \u2014 hydraulic fluids, gear oils, compressor oils, turbine oils<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Greases \u2014 as the fluid carrier for thickener and additive systems<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Metalworking fluids \u2014 cutting, forming, and rolling oil formulations<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Process oils \u2014 rubber, textile, and other industrial processing applications<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Base oil is the primary building block of virtually all finished &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore cz_readmore_no_icon\" href=\"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/products\/base-oil\/\"><span>\u0627\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0647 \u0645\u0637\u0644\u0628<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"portfolio_cat":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-12042","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/12042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12042"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/12042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13325,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/12042\/revisions\/13325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_cat?post=12042"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spico.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=12042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}