A method for producing a lube basestock from a feed containing 50 wt % or more of wax comprising: (a) hydrotreating the feed under hydrotreating conditions at temperatures in the range 280° C to 400 °C, pressures in the range of 3.44 to 20.7 MPa (500 to 3000 psi), a hydrogen treat gas rate of 89 to 890 m3/m3 (500 to 5000 SCF/bbl) and a flow velocity LHSV in the range of 0.1 to 5 v/v/hr so as to reduce the sulfur and nitrogen content thereof; (b) hydroisomerizing the hydrotreated feed under hydroisomerization conditions over a hydroisomerization catalyst at a temperature between 200°C to 400°C, at hydrogen partial pressures of 2.41 to 34.5 MPa (350 to 5000 psig), hydrogen gas treat rate of 89 to 1780 m 3 /m 3 (500 to 10,000 SCF H2/B) and LHSV of 0.1 to 10 v/v/hr to reduce the wax content in the feed to less than 40 wt %; (c) separating the hydroisomerizated feed of step (b) to obtain a lube fraction boiling above 340°C.; (d) processing the lube fraction of step (c) under hydro catalytic dewaxing conditions at a temperature between 200° C to 400 °C, a hydrogen partial pressure between 2.41 to 34.6 MPa (350 to 5000 psig), a hydrogen gas treat rate of 89 to 1780 m3/m3 (500 to 10.000 SCF H2/bbl) and a LHSV of 0.1 to 10 v/v/hr with a catalyst comprising at least one active metal hydrogenation component on a dewaxing catalyst and at least one active metal hydrogenation component on an amorphous isomerization catalyst, wherein the catalyst in step (d) is a unitized powder pellet catalyst comprising a dewaxing catalyst which contains at least one active metal hydrogenation component on a 10 member ring unidirectional pore inorganic oxide molecular sieve having generally oval 1-D pores having a minor axis between 4.2 Å and 4.8 Å and a major axis between 5.4 Å and 7.0 Å as determined by X-ray crystallinity, and an amorphous isomerization catalyst which contains at least one active metal hydrogenation component on an isomerization component selected from refractory metal oxides and refractory metal oxides including a dopant. (a) hydrotreating the feed under hydrotreating conditions at temperatures in the range 280° C to 400 °C, pressures in the range of 3.44 to 20.7 MPa (500 to 3000 psi), a hydrogen treat gas rate of 89 to 890 m3/m3 (500 to 5000 SCF/bbl) and a flow velocity LHSV in the range of 0.1 to 5 v/v/hr so as to reduce the sulfur and nitrogen content thereof; (b) hydroisomerizing the hydrotreated feed under hydroisomerization conditions over a hydroisomerization catalyst at a temperature between 200°C to 400°C, at hydrogen partial pressures of 2.41 to 34.5 MPa (350 to 5000 psig), hydrogen gas treat rate of 89 to 1780 m 3 /m 3 (500 to 10,000 SCF H2/B) and LHSV of 0.1 to 10 v/v/hr to reduce the wax content in the feed to less than 40 wt %; (c) separating the hydroisomerizated feed of step (b) to obtain a lube fraction boiling above 340°C.; (d) processing the lube fraction of step (c) under hydro catalytic dewaxing conditions at a temperature between 200° C to 400 °C, a hydrogen partial pressure between 2.41 to 34.6 MPa (350 to 5000 psig), a hydrogen gas treat rate of 89 to 1780 m3/m3 (500 to 10.000 SCF H2/bbl) and a LHSV of 0.1 to 10 v/v/hr with a catalyst comprising at least one active metal hydrogenation component on a dewaxing catalyst and at least one active metal hydrogenation component on an amorphous isomerization catalyst,