Technical Data

Base Oils
Southern Oil Refineries (SOR) manufactures two grades of group 1 oil for a wide range of hydraulic oil and lubrication oil blending applications. Both Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS's) and additional technical data are available from the bottom of this page.

	SORBO 32 - Light Base Oil
	Appearance : Clear and Bright Kinematic Viscosity @ 100°C : 4.5 - 5.5 cSt Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C : 32 cSt typical Viscosity Index : 99 minimum Flash point : 200 °C minimum Technical Data Sheet : SORBO 32 Specifications (PDF, 28k)

	SORBO 52 - Heavy Base Oil
	Appearance : Clear and Bright Kinematic Viscosity @ 100 °C : 6.3 - 7.7 cSt minimum Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C : 52 cSt typical Viscosity Index : 99 minimum Flash point : 200 °C minimum Technical Data Sheet : SORBO 52 Specifications (PDF, 27k)

Fuel oils
SOR manufactures four grades of fuel oil for a wide range of applications including agricultural product drying and industrial boilers.

	Light Fuel Oil (LFO)
	Density : 0.85 - 0.86 kg/litre Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C : 1 - 3 cSt Calorific value : 43 MJ/kg typical Ash : 0.05 %wt maximum

	Gas Oil
	Density : 0.86 - 0.87 kg/litre Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C : 6.7 - 9 cSt Flash point : 120 °C typical Calorific value : 43 MJ/kg typical Ash : 0.01 %wt maximum

	Heavy Fuel Oil
	Density : 0.94 kg/litre typical Kinematic Viscosity @ 40°C : 40 - 70 cSt typical Flash point : 100 °C typical Calorific value : 40 MJ/kg typical Ash : 0.5 %wt maximum

	Residual Fuel Oil
	Density : 0.97 kg/litre typical Kinematic Viscosity @ 100°C: 300 cSt typical Flash point : > 250 °C typical Calorific value : 43 MJ/kg typical Ash : 6 % wt typical Sulphur : 1 % wt typical

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

• Light Fuel Oil (PDF, 59k)
• Heavy Fuel Oil (PDF, 56k)
• Gasoil (PDF, 55k)
• SORBO 32 Base Oil (PDF, 14k)
• SORBO 52 Base Oil (PDF, 14k)
• Residue (PDF, 59k)

Product Specification Sheets

• Technical Bulletin - Thermal Stability (PDF, 64k)
• Technical Bulletin - SORBO Products
• SORBO 32 Specifications (PDF, 28k)
• SORBO 52 Specifications (PDF, 27k)

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