The present invention relates to the technical field of
lubricant base oils, and specifically relates to an API-
Class III lubricating oil and a preparation method thereof. An API-
Class III base oil is characterized in that the
base oil is obtained by sequentially passing a feedstock oil through a hydroisomerization fixed-
bed reactor and a hydrorefining fixed-
bed reactor, and then separating through a separation unit. A feedstock oil, the components of which include: 50-70 wt% of hydrocracked
tail oil of Fischer-Tropsch
wax, 20-40 wt% of
petroleum-based hydrocracked
tail oil, 5-15 wt% of Fischer-Tropsch
wax. The feedstock oil undergoes hydroisomerization and hydrorefining reactions, and the obtained API-
Class III base oil has a high
viscosity index, a low
pour point, a low
cloud point, high
oxidation stability and excellent low-temperature performance, and can be used as a high-quality
lubricant base oil. The specific indicators of the base oil are as follows: the kinematic
viscosity at 100 °C is 2.0-9.0 mm 2 / s, the
viscosity index > 125, wherein, for the base oil with a kinematic viscosity above 4.0 mm 2 / s, the
viscosity index ≥ 130, the
pour point ≤ -10 °C, the
cloud point ≤ 0 °C, the
oxidation stability RBOT > 320 min, and the low-temperature fluidity CCS (-30 °C) < 4200 mPa·s.