METHOD FOR PRODUCING PETROLEUM-BASED PROCESS OILS

A method for producing a low-viscosity high-aromatic non-carcinogenic petroleum-based process oil which can be used as a plasticizer oil or an extender oil in the manufacture of synthetic rubber and tyres is described. The oil is obtained from by-product fractions of secondary petrochemical processes by fractional distillation, wherein the used by-product fractions of secondary petrochemical processes are products of catalytic cracking, or products of catalytic reforming, or aromatic extracts, or mixtures thereof, which have an initial boiling point of no less than 200° C. and above and a final boiling point of no less than 360° C. at atmospheric pressure, and contain no less than 85% of aromatic constituents and no more than 10.0 mg/kg of the sum of the following polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: benz[a]anthracene; chrysene; benzo[b]fluoranthene; benzo[i]fluoranthene; benzo[k]fluoranthene; benzo[e]pyrene; benzo[a]pyrene; and dibenzo[a,h]anthracene.