Base oils

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Our offer includes Base Stock API Group I, II and III, it is available world wide and we have an ambitious approval program.

In Port Arthur (TX, USA), Jeddah (KSA), Yanbu (KSA) and Ulsan (South Korea); they are strategically integrated with our upstream assets and supply customers directly (multimodal) or through the logistics hubs. 

Beyond our production facilities, Port Arthur (TX, USA), Jeddah (KSA), Yanbu (KSA) and Ulsan (South Korea), we also have strategically located storage hubs around the globe.

• Antwerp, Belgium
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jingjiang, China
• Dongguan, China
• Yingkou, China
• Yokohama, Japan
• Kobe, Japan
• Yokkaichi, Japan
• Botany, Australia
• Houston, TX USA
• Port Allen, LA USA
• New Orleans, LA USA
• Greenville, MS USA
• Hamriya, Free Zone UAE

There are many factors to ensure we provide world class reliability for our customers, the main ones are:

• Scale of production, we rank no. 1 as global marketers in volume and no. 1 in consolidated production capacity
• Production sites and logistics hubs: we have a strategic network of assets that ensure worldwide cover, includes 4 productions plants and 14 logistic hubs. We offer flexibility to customers, delivering through different modes (bulk vessel, truck, barge, rail, etc.) and packages (flexi-bags, ISO-tanks etc.) to meet their individual needs.
• Aramco’s strategic integration between upstream and downstream ensures continued access to crude, and therefore reliably deliver Base Oils to our customers.

We can provide aramcoPRIMA from various facilities, thus ensuring continued supply, even in the event of unforeseen circumstances which for other competitors may be a Force Majeure, (i.e., emergencies, natural disasters, etc.)

Yes, Aramco has completed a slate demonstration as defined by API 1509 and ATIEL Code of Practice  for products within their API Group II offering (aramcoPRIMA). Aramco declared a slate for selected aramcoPRIMA products in 2020.

This is a business initiative to leverage our collective Base Oil experience, and building on it together to compete in a global marketplace. It enables us to offer our products portfolio under one brand and promote our global slate. (Please check the base oils advertisement “Global Reach, Local Service”)

We sell API Group I, II and III, (aramcoDURA, aramcoPRIMA, aramcoULTRA respectively) Base Stock types. Within this grouping we have various viscosity grades which are available to meet end-user needs. Please consult the website or our catalogue to see the full product offering.

We currently do not sell API Group IV. Aramco is constantly assessing the needs of the market and developing strategies accordingly.

Yes. We do sell bright stock under our aramcoDURA brand name.

For the base stock specifications please check the catalogs on this page. If you have specific requirements, please contact our Affiliate’s commercial teams, their details are provided on the website or in the catalogue.

We are looking to harmonise specifications of common viscosity cuts between manufacturing sites.

Most of our products are REACH registered;

• S-OIL products except DURA 150BS are registered in EU REACH and under progress for Downstream User Import Notification (DUIN) of UK REACH so that S-OIL products registered in EU REACH could continue to be supplied to UK up to Oct 2023. S-OIL will register UK REACH in time before Oct 2023, when DUIN is no longer effective.
• All Motiva products are REACH registered in EU. Motiva is seeking registration for UK REACH as well.
• Luberef Base Oil Products;
  aramcoDURA 150 
  aramcoDURA 500 
  aramcoDURA BS150 
  aramcoPRIMA 70 
  aramcoPRIMA 110 
  aramcoPRIMA 230 
  aramcoPRIMA 500 
  by-products; Bright Stock Extract.