Abstract: Process to prepare simultaneously two or more base oil grades and middle distillates from a mineral crude derived feed, in particular a de-asphalted oil or a vacuum distillate feed or their mixtures, by performing the following steps: (a) hydrocracking the mineral crude derived feed, thereby obtaining an effluent; (b) distillation of the effluent as obtained in step (a) into one or more middle distillates and a full range residue boiling substantially above 340° C., (c) catalytically dewaxing the full range residue by contacting the residue with a dewaxing catalyst comprising a zeolite of the MTW type and a Group VIII metal, thereby obtaining a dewaxed oil; (d) isolating by means of distillation two or more base oil grades from the dewaxed oil obtained in step (c); and (e) isolating a dewaxed gas oil from the dewaxed-oil obtained in step (c); wherein the dewaxed oil as obtained in step (c) comprises between 10 and 40 wt % of a dewaxed heavy gas oil boiling for more than 70 wt % between 370 and 400° C.

Abstract: Process to prepare simultaneously two or more base oil grades and middle distillates from a de-asphalted oil or a vacuum distillate feed or their mixtures by performing the following steps: (a) hydrocracking the feed, thereby obtaining an effluent; (b) distillation of the effluent as obtained in step (a) into one or more middle distillates and a residue boiling substantially above 340° C.; (c) separating, by means of a further distillation step said residue into a light base oil precursor fraction and a heavy base oil precursor fraction; (d) reducing the pour point of each separate base oil precursor-fraction iri?two simultaneously and parallel operated catalytic dewaxing reactors obtaining a first and second dewaxed oil; (e) hydrotreating the first dewaxed oil as obtained when dewaxing the heavy base oil precursor fraction in step (d); (f) isolating from the second dewaxed oil from the light base oil precursor fraction from step (d) and the hydrotreated oil from step (e) two or more base oil grades.