Patent ID: 8889931

Claim:
A process for the oligomerization of C 6 -C 24 alpha-olefins to give a polyolefin product comprising at least 50 mole % of alphaolefin trimers, wherein said process comprises contacting two or more C 6 -C 24 alpha-olefins with a catalyst in a solvent at a temperature between 25° C. and 120° C. and under reaction conditions sufficient to produce the alphaolefin trimers, wherein the catalyst comprises a single site trimerization catalyst; wherein the polyolefin product has a viscosity (Kv 100 ) from 2 to 8 cSt at 100° C., and a viscosity index (VI) from 100 to 160; and wherein the polyolefin product comprises at least two alphaolefin trimers, each having a different total carbon number.