API Approves GF-5, Tackles SN
The American Petroleum Institute ballot for ILSAC GF-5 has closed in favor of the passenger car engine oil upgrade. That clears the way for GF-5 licensing to begin Oct. 1, but API's Lubricants Committee now must quickly hammer out API SN engine oil categories.
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Cheers, Jeers for Calif. Used Oil Law
Under California legislation kicking in next month, the state will require that direct truck shipments of used oil to out-of-state facilities meet California testing standards and will pay rerefiners a direct incentive starting in 2013. Opponents have cried foul.
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Blast Kills 1 at Russian Refinery
An explosion earlier this month at Angarsk Petrochemical Co.
plant in Russia killed one worker and knocked out a facility that produces base
oils for hydraulic fluids, said parent company Rosneft.
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Petrobras: Robust Recovery for Brazil
Brazil is a huge country with a healthy appetite for lubricants, consuming 1.18 million metric tons in 2008. This market may shrink 3 percent in 2009, but Petrobas expects demand to grow 2 to 3 percent annually from 2011 to 2020.
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Ford Recalls Ungreased Trucks
Failure to grease key air brake assembly parts has led to a
truck recall by Ford.
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Safety-Kleen Cleans Up in Toronto
The Toronto Transit Commission awarded Safety-Kleen Canada Inc. a three year contract to recover and rerefine 600,000 liters (U.S. 159,000 gallons) of used lubricants generated annually by the commission’s fleet. Terms of the contract announced last week were not disclosed.
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U.S. Base Oil Price Report
There was limited action in the U.S. base oil market as year-end vacations and holiday festivities were well underway. Posted prices held unchanged despite crude values picking up strength during the past week.
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Europe-MidEast-Africa Base Oil Price Report
During a period when little is expected from the market, there have been some surprising pieces of business transacted between sellers in Europe and buyers in various deep-sea locations.
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SSY Base Oil Shipping Report
Adrian Brown is away; he will return Jan. 6.
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