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Studies and experiments in the oil industry shows that used motor oil can be recycled and re-used in the various internal combustion engines. In actual fact, motor oil does not wear out; it only gets contaminated with dust, metallic particles from wear of the engine parts, water and other impurities from the thermal degradation of additives and other chemically synthesized substances added to blend the oil. In Ghana and most African countries, used motor oil is mostly dumped indiscriminately in streams, drains, on land, etc. causing serious environmental problems including the destruction of aquatic organisms, flora and fauna among many others. It is therefore imperative to find ways that it can be re-used. The used motor oil was first pre-treated. It then undergoes vacuum distillation to obtain the lube oil distillates. The oil collected undergoes fractional process in which the mixture is separated by difference in boiling points. Tests were carried out on the base oil obtained and used motor oil and the results were compared to the virgin base oil.