The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition including a viscosity index improver (A) containing a comb-shaped polymer and having an SSI (shear stability index) of 30 or less together with a base oil, wherein an HTHS viscosity (high temperature high shear viscosity) at 150 C. (T.sub.150) is 1.6 to 2.9 mPa.Math.s, and a ratio of a kinematic viscosity at 40 C. (V.sub.40) [mm.sup.2/s] to the HTHS viscosity at 150 C. (T.sub.150) [mPa.Math.s] (V.sub.40/T.sub.150) is 12.4 or less. The lubricating oil composition of the present invention is excellent in fuel consumption reducing properties in a low-temperature region assuming the time of starting an engine while making various properties, such as a viscosity, etc., in a high-temperature region assuming the time of high-speed operation of an engine favorable.

Concentrates containing specific functionalised diblock copolymers serve as effective additives for improving the cold flow behaviour of fuels and oils, the copolymers being derived from a terminally-unsaturated intermediate polymer obtained via a metallocene process involving hydrogen.

Mixed butenes from a cracking process, or raffmates of MTBE or tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), are simultaneously hydrated using water in the presence of a catalyst to produce sec-butyl alcohol (SBA) and tert-butyl alcohol as the principal products, the mixed butanols having utility as fuel additives, e.g., as oxygenates and octane enhancers to replace MTBE, and as a neat fuel.

The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.

The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.

Concentrates containing specific functionalised diblock copolymers serve as effective additives for improving the cold flow behaviour of fuels and oils, the copolymers being derived from a terminally-unsaturated intermediate polymer obtained via a metallocene process involving hydrogen.

Concentrates containing specific functionalized diblock copolymers serve as effective additives for improving the cold flow behavior of fuels and oils, the copolymers being derived from a terminally-unsaturated intermediate polymer obtained via a metallocene process involving hydrogen.

A drag reducing composition includes a drag reducing polymer; a magnetic particle incorporated in the drag reducing polymer; and a suspension fluid medium. In some compositions, the magnetic particle comprises a fatty acid and/or at least one of a magnetic metal, a magnetic metal alloy, or a metal oxide core. A method of forming a drag reducing composition includes reacting alpha-olefin monomers in the presence of a polymerization catalyst and a magnetic particle to produce a drag reducing polymer incorporated with the magnetic particle.

The invention relates to a fuel additive composition and a method of enhancing the properties of fuel. The composition includes a hydrophilic absorbent, a lubricant, an octane adjuster, an trialkyl benzene, a dispersant, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, a fatty acid methyl ester, petroleum distillates, a mineral oil, and an elastomeric polymer. The method involves adding the fuel additive composition to the fuel, where each component performs a specific function to improve the fuel's properties.

A composition including a pyrolysis oil and, as an additive: (a) one or more nitrogen containing antioxidants is disclosed. An additive composition for a pyrolysis oil including is also disclosed, the additive composition including (a) one or more nitrogen containing antioxidants; and optionally: (b) a copolymer including maleic anhydride derived units and -olefin derived units; and/or (c) the reaction product of a carboxylic acid and a polyamine. Also disclosed is a method of improving including the oxidation stability of a composition including a pyrolysis oil, the method including adding to the composition (a) one or more nitrogen containing antioxidants, and a related use of said nitrogen containing antioxidants. Such methods and uses are also disclosed for the improvement in storage stability of compositions including a pyrolysis oil.