New GF-5 Vehicle Lubricant Standard Approved

Written by Bob Chabot | www.nastfenews.org | Saturday, 13 February 2010 11:13 

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New GF-5 Vehicle Lubricant Standard Approved

GF-5, a new oil standard developed by the International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC), received final approval on December 22, 2009. The approval paves the way for the Oct. 1, 2010, introduction of new lubricants for gasoline- and diesel-powered automobiles, at both the OEM factory-fill and aftermarket servicing levels.

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Years Back in Oct 2004: GF-5 Engine Oils What, When, How?

lubereport.com by David Mcfall | Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Meeting in Detroit last week, ILSAC/Oil, the inter-industry committee responsible for gasoline engine oil upgrades, kicked off planning for the next one, GF-5. Although this new engine oil isn't scheduled to enter commercial service until 2009, three dozen technical specialists representing auto manufacturers, engine oil marketers, independent test laboratories and chemical additive companies assembled for the first in a series of meetings that will extend over the next few years.

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Repsol Profits Drop 48% On Weak Refining Results

FEBRUARY 25, 2010, 11:56 A.M. ET | http://online.wsj.com

By Bernd Radowitz

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

MADRID (Dow Jones)--Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF SA (REP) Thursday said its profit, excluding inventory effects, plunged 48% in the fourth quarter as its refined products sales fell while Spanish refining margins flattened.

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Automakers zoom on the fast lane in January - India

Record highest ever monthly sales. 

 
Our Bureau
Mumbai, Feb. 1

January 2010 marks a milestone in the automotive journey of the country with Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and General Motors India reporting their highest ever monthly sales.

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Panasonic’s new home battery could store a week’s-worth of electricity

December 24, 2009 | Camille Ricketts

Panasonic is charging into the green space headlong — first with deals to supply batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles — and now announcing that it will launch a massive lithium-ion storage battery capable of powering an average home for up to a week, the company says.

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USA: JCI battery plant expected to bring 550 jobs to Holland by 2014

HOLLAND — Resumes are pouring into Johnson Controls Inc. for what will be the site of its largest plant to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.

Along with applications, the small staff at the Holland plant has been deluged with e-mails and calls from those trying to help cousins, friends and neighbors get a foot in the door.

“Everywhere I go, somebody says, ’I need to talk to you,’” plant manager Elizabeth Rolinski said last week in her first Press interview on the project.

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Petrobras: Robust Recovery for Brazil

By Nancy DeMarco (Article from here) 
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Brazil is a huge country with a healthy appetite for lubricants, consuming more than 1.3 million cubic meters (about 1.18 million metric tons) in 2008. While the market may shrink about 3 percent in 2009, expect demand to grow 2 to 3 percent annually from 2011 to 2020, a Petrobras official told the ICIS conference here.

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Advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline

(Nanowerk News) In excess of seven million barrels of gasoline are consumed by vehicles in the United States every day. As scientists race to find environmentally sound solutions to fuel the world’s ever-growing transportation needs, battery researchers are exploring the promise of lithium-air battery technology.

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Used oil: An often overlooked resource

JANUARY 2010 by Mike Breslin

Long before it became widespread practice to recycle paper, plastics and other waste stream commodities, used oil was recycled to recover its innate heating value. Even though it’s dirty and exhausted of lubricity, a gallon of used oil contains 140,000 BTUs of energy, approximately the same heating value of a new gallon of oil.

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