For many years (and still today), the diesel engine manufacturers have advised their equipment buyers to avoid using diesel fuel additives of any kind. This position is expected given the fact that the engine manufacturers warrant the new equipment and its viability for extended periods of time after the purchase.

A shortage of diesel fuel is spreading across the United States, with one company launching an emergency delivery protocol, requesting a 72-hour advance notice from clients to be able to make the delivery.

Cetane rating, also known as cetane number is a measurement of the quality or performance of diesel fuel. The higher the number, the better the fuel burns within the engine of a vehicle.

Factors such as increasing demand from the automotive and industrial sector are the major driving factors of the lubricating oil additives market.

Whereas drive towards alternative fuels, rising competition from unorganized and fragmented market, and reduction in the use of metal parts by automakers are the major restraints for the lubricating oil additives.

Lubricants naturally deteriorate while in use as a result of factors like oxidation, thermal degradation, and contamination.

Grease compatibility is on the minds of a lot of maintenance managers these days. They are finding that the greases they have been using for years for on-highway, off-highway and industrial applications are in short supply.

Afton Chemical notified customers that it declared force majeure effective July 26 because of flooding at its additives plant in Sauget, Illinois, an unplanned, sitewide outage. Products affected include engine oil additive packages. 

Global oil markets will likely remain tight and supportive of higher prices well into 2023 as demand continues to recover from COVID-19 lows despite growing concerns over a global recession, Russel Hardy, the CEO of oil trader Vitol, said June 21.

Global oil supply will struggle to meet rising demand next year, meaning consumers will continue to face tight fuel markets, the International Energy Agency said in its first assessment of 2023

Storing diesel fuel is vital for a wide range of industries — your stored fuel allows you to use generators for energy and industrial vehicles during emergencies. Fuel quality directly relates to performance — 

While gasoline's octane number signifies its ability to resist auto-ignition (also referred to as pre-ignition, engine knocking, pinging, or detonation), the cetane number of diesel fuel is a measure of the fuel's delay of ignition time

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories are depleting to critically low levels; either an imminent recession reduces consumption or prices are likely to surge higher.

The lubricating oil additives market size is estimated to be USD 18.2 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 20.4 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 2.3% between 2021 and 2026.

“Cetane Number.” It’s a rating in the diesel world that perks up our ears. We know it’s an important variable in the fuel that powers our rigs.

(Natural News) As if we all needed something else to add to our worries, a potentially catastrophic situation is emerging that threatens to wipe out the entire supply of diesel engine oil across the United States, leaving the country with no diesel engine oil until 2023.

Due to the past pandemic, some products were released due to low demand, such as paraffin, which, since it is not stored, reduces its refinery. This means that other refinery products, including the raw materials for producing base oil for lubricants, are in short supply. 

OPEC expects global oil demand to rise in 2023 but at a slower pace than 2022, the producer group said in its first forecast for next year, citing still robust economic growth and progress in containing COVID-19 in China.