Our Vision
Oils and Additives Company is an Egyptian company with experience in providing the Egyptian market with petrochemical and additives. We are looking to expand our business as representatives for a supplier and manufacturers of additives and petrochemical products.
Egypt has witnessed extensive changes on different levels and in different fields during the past few years. Some of these changes imposed serious challenges, which in turn were the drive behind the economic reforms adopted by the government in various sectors.
currently, the sector is working on transforming the Egyptian oil and gas industry into a world-class sector with the highest standards. Thus, “Modernizing the oil and gas sector” ,that comes under the framework of the sustainable development strategy vision for 2030.
One of the most important elements of the development and modernization project is to transform Egypt into a regional hub for oil and gas trading in order to serve as a strategic regional center for energy by producing this energy from Egypt’s resources or importing it from neighboring countries to meet some of the needs of the local market if needed. The strategic decision to transform into a regional energy hub has been taken according to important factors represented in Egypt’s strategic location on both sides of the Suez Canal with the possibility of transporting, storing and trading of crude, petroleum products and gas, being the center of shipping movement to the Asian and middle east markets, to and from Europe.
The substantial domestic market in Egypt is the 2nd important factor in making this decision in terms of being the second largest domestic market in Africa, in addition to the potential competitive advantage in the light of the existence of storage facilities, petroleum products and petrochemicals and transport options to the east and west of the gulf and the Mediterranean, attracting other investments and players from countries in the whole supply chain of the petroleum industry.
Lubricant Additives
Oil additives are vital for the proper lubrication and prolonged use of motor oil in modern internal combustion engines. Without many of these, the oil would become contaminated, break down, leak out, or not properly protect engine parts at all operating temperatures. Just as important are additives for oils used inside gearboxes, automatic transmissions, and bearings. Some of the most important additives include those used for viscosity and lubricity, contaminant control, for the control of chemical breakdown, and for seal conditioning. Some additives permit lubricants to perform better under severe conditions, such as extreme pressures and temperatures and high levels of contamination.
oil additives are chemical compounds that improve the lubricant performance of base oil (or oil “base stock”). The manufacturer of many different oils can utilize the same base stock for each formulation and can choose different additives for each specific application. Additives comprise up to 5% by weight of some oils.
Nearly all commercial motor oils contain additives, whether the oils are synthetic or petroleum based. Essentially, The choice of additives is determined by the application, e.g. the oil for a diesel engine with direct injection in a pickup truck (API Service CJ-4) has different additives than the oil used in a small gasoline-powered outboard motor on a boat (2-cycle engine oil)
Base oil
Base oils are used to manufacture products including lubricating greases, motor oil and metal processing fluids. Different products require different compositions and properties in the oil. One of the most important factors is the liquid’s viscosity at various temperatures. Whether or not a crude oil is suitable to be made into a base oil is determined by the concentration of base oil molecules as well as how easily these can be extracted.
Base oil is produced by means of refining crude oil. This means that the crude oil is heated in order that various distillates can be separated from one another. During the heating process, light and heavy hydrocarbons are separated – the light ones can be refined to make petrol and other fuels, while the heavier ones are suitable for bitumen and base oils.
There are large numbers of crude oils all around the world that are used to produce base oils. The most common one is a type of paraffinic crude oil, although there are also naphthenic crude oils that create products with better solubility and very good properties at low temperatures. By using hydrogenation technology, in which sulfur and aromatics are removed using hydrogen under high pressure, you can obtain extremely pure base oils, which are suitable when quality requirements are particularly stringent.
Chemical substances – additives – are added to the base oil in order to meet the quality requirements for the end products in terms of, for example, friction and cleaning properties. Certain types of motor oils contain more than twenty percent additives.
Transformer oil
Transformer oil or insulating oil is an oil that is stable at high temperatures and has excellent electrical insulating properties. It is used in oil-filled transformers, some types of high-voltage capacitors, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and some types of high-voltage switches and circuit breakers. Its functions are to insulate, suppress corona discharge and arcing, and to serve as a coolant.
Transformer oil is most often based on mineral oil, but alternative formulations with better engineering or environmental properties are growing in popularity.
Transformer oil’s primary functions are to insulate and cool a transformer. It must therefore have high dielectric strength, thermal conductivity, and chemical stability, and must keep these properties when held at high temperatures for extended periods.[1] Typical specifications are: flash point 140 °C or greater, pour point −30 °C or lower, dielectric breakdown voltage 28 kV (RMS) or greater.
To improve cooling of large power transformers, the oil-filled tank may have external radiators through which the oil circulates by natural convection. Power transformers with capacities of thousands of kVA may also have cooling fans, oil pumps, and even oil-to-water heat exchangers.