- Chevron announces new lubricants.
New food-grade aerosols make spot maintenance as easy as point-and-spray; food manufacturers can benefit from convenience of aerosol lubricants. Chevron Lubricants and Specialty Products will introduce five new food-grade aerosol lubricants at the Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago this fall. These food-grade aerosols, which will be available nationwide at the ......
- Chevron.
Chevron announced that its Chevron Products Co. group has signed an agreement to purchase Amoco Corp.'s Lubricants business unit. The deal includes Amoco product names and formulations, but no production facilities. Chevron's Global Lubricants business unit is a manufacturer and marketer of motor oils for heavy-duty diesel engines, as well ......
- Chevron's Lubricants University Introduces New Courses
San Ramon, Calif.— Chevron's Lubricants University, an educational website, is introducing two new courses, "Automotive Grease" and "Industrial Grease," as part of its course catalog. The two modules are self-study, web-based programs designed for maintenance professionals and industrial end users interested in expanding their knowledge of proper grease use and ......
- New Demands Yield New Products.
Lubricant suppliers have brought many new products to market in recent years. Fleet managers need to learn about these new offerings since they users an opportunity to save money. There are a number of new technologies and operating conditions that suggest the possibility of a change of familiar lubricants--motor oil, ......
- Increased requirements for lubes
Currently, more and more special applications/needs require changes in lubricant fluids, such as motor oil, gear oil and transmission fluid.
- Lube oil specs change to meet tighter exhaust emission
regulations.
There have been significant changes in heavy-duty, high-speed diesel lubricating oil technology that is being driven by the requirement of lower exhaust emission standards. These advancements are being accomplished to meet standards of a new API CH-4 test program for qualifying lubricating oils to be used in medium- and heavy-duty ......
- Petro-Canada base oils well positioned for the 21st
century.
Petro-Canada continues to reformulate its lubricant base oils to meet market needs and desired levels of performance. During the winter of 1996, a significant event took place in the Canadian refining industry, particularly as it relates to the production of lubricant base oils. With the completion of a 135 M$ ......