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Wednesday, December 1, 2004
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VOLUME 4
ISSUE 48
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News Sponsored by ChevronTexaco
News Sponsored by Chevron Oronite
News Sponsored by Lubes'n'Greases Salary Report
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API Chews On Heavy-duty Issues
Members of the American Petroleum Institute's influential Lubricants Committee met last month and reviewed progress toward PC-10, the next diesel engine oil upgrade, and the critical issue of how to fund its development. They also heard reports on the status of the API engine oil licensing and quality audit program.
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Citgo May Upgrade Lake Charles
Citgo Petroleum Corp. confirmed yesterday that an internal study called for upgrading its Lake Charles, La., base oil plant to produce Group II and Group III oils. Now the company wants to know if an outside analyst reaches the same conclusion.
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Great Wall Grabs Olympic Sponsorship
The 2008 summer Olympics are still three and a half years away, but Sinopec Corp. has already hitched its flagship lubricant brand to the event, which will be held in Beijing. The company announced Nov. 23 that its Great Wall brand has been designated official lubricant for the 2008 games.
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SM Licensing Starts
The American Petroleum Institute yesterday began licensing its much-awaited new gasoline engine oil quality upgrade, designated SM. Fifty-nine applicant engine oils were in the system at the end of October, awaiting the start of licensing.
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Valvoline Promotes Four
Valvoline last month announced the promotions of Mitchell K. Skaggs and Robert R. Craycraft to new senior management positions. The automotive consumer products marketer also hired Scott R. Vogel to be president of Valvoline Instant Oil Change and named former VIOC President John Q. Wesley to be senior vice president and general manager for Valvoline’s DIFM (do-it-for-me) Distributor Group business unit.
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Base Oil Price Report
Europe has long been a base oil supplier for the world, exporting its own surpluses to Africa and the Middle East, India, the Americas and the Far East. But traffic to several of those regions has reportedly fallen off sharply the past few months.
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