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Cummins Updates Lists of Registered CES Oils
After restarting its Oil Registration process for CES20074, CES20075, CES20076, CES20077, CES20078 and CES20081. CES20085, Cummins last month issued its initial lists of registered motor oils meeting these Cummins Engineering Standards. Cummins has since revised these lists, adding more oils to the lists.
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API Increases Engine Oil Licensing Fees
The American Petroleum Institute in a recent letter has advised all API Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System (EOLCS) licensees that effective December 15, 2015, it has increased licensing fees to offset implementation cost for the forthcoming diesel engine categories, API CK-4 and API FA-4.
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Oronite Receives First dexos1:2015 Approval from GM for OLOA® 55516
Oronite announced last week it has received the first dexos1:2015 approval from General Motors for their additive technology used in its newly released OLOA® 55516 product. In addition to delivering the latest dexos1 performance requirements OLOA 55516 simultaneously meets ILSAC GF-5 and API SN standards.
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Re-Refiner Vertex Energy to Enter Finished Lubes Market
Houston, TX-based used oil re-refiner Vertex Energy announced in a Letter to Shareholders last week from Benjamin P. Cowart, Chairman and CEO, that the company plans to launch a Finished Lubricant Product Line, stating the company believes it can improve margins by capturing the spread between base oil pricing and finished lube pricing.
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China Sets Minimum Crude Oil Price Level at US$40 per Barrel for Pricing Its Refined Products
China will not cut domestic retail fuel prices when international crude oil prices fall below US$40 a barrel, the countrys National Development and Reform Commission said earlier this month. The NDRC said that overly low fuel prices would boost gasoline and diesel fuel demand unnecessarily, which could worsen the countrys pollution problem.
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- Calumet to Decrease Prices of Its (Group II) Calpar 80, 100 and 150 by 10 CPG and Its (Group II) Calpar 325 and (Group I) 600 and 2500 (BS) by 15 CPG, Effective January 27
- HollyFrontier Decreases Prices of All Its (Group I) Base Oils by 15 CPG, Effective January 21
- Phillips 66 Decreases Prices of Its API Group II Pure Performance 70N and 80N by 13 CPG, 110N and 225N by 10 CPG and 600N by 15 CPG, Effective January 20
- According to Sources, ExxonMobil Decreases Prices of Its (Group I) CORE 100 by 10 CPG, Its 300 and 600 by 15 CPG and BS by 12 CPG, Effective January 22; Decreases (Group II) EHC 65 by 15 CPG and (Group II+) EHC 45 by 10 CPG
- Flint Hills Resources Reduces Prices of Its (Group II) 70/75-HC by 12 CPG, 100-HC by 11 CPG, 230-HC by 15 CPG, and 600-HC by 16 CPG, Effective January 19
- Paulsboro Refining to Reduce Prices of Its (Group I) VP Low Visc by 10 CPG, Its VP Heavy Visc by 15 CPG and Bright Stock by 12 CPG, Effective January 27
- Infineum Introduces SV600, a Viscosity Modifier Offering Fuel Economy Combined with Soot and Viscosity Control
- New ASTM Test Method Helps Reduce Problem of Asphaltenes in Oil Production
- Lootah Biofuels Signs Supply Deal with Kroon Oil
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