Much of Europe’s API Group I capacity is closed and there’s a scarcity of bright stock. This may not be of great concern to passenger motor oils, there’s continuing demand for industrial, marine and other specialty products, especially in Southeast Asia.
Into this gap in the market stepped ExonMobil with its EHC 340 Max Group II bright stock, being produced in Singapore. Exxon is attempting to harmonize the need for a bright stock with the difficulty in producing a product of this nature.
Trevor Gauntlett talks to industry veteran, Norman Sheppard, about ExxonMobil’s EHC 340 Max bright stock base oil. They look at it from three angles: technically, what is it and how does it match up, the economics and even aesthetics, in particular the color.
This Lubes’n’Greases podcast is not produced in association with ExxonMobil nor is it an endorsement of this product.
