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MARCH 2019 VOL. 25 ISSUE 3<br />
Downsizing<br />
Additives<br />
Group II Steps<br />
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PUBLISHER'S LETTER<br />
The Drama of Base Oils<br />
A<br />
PI Group II base oils seem to be<br />
dominating the limelight these<br />
days. (See Page 30 for a feature on<br />
the Group II market.) But a subset of these<br />
oils, referred to as Group II+, is l<a title="2019_03 - March 2019 - LNG page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7f6cdb28?page=1"> MARCH 2019 VOL. 25 ISSUE 3 Downsizing A</a>
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