Lubricants Industry

Group 8Priya,Puja,Rahul,Praveena,Rohit

Background Industry Size: 41 Mn

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Automotive(41%)

Industrial(54%)

Marine

• Oligopolistic Industry• Saturated Market• Growth rate: 2%-2.5%

Top Players

What is a lubricant?Lubricant is basically a substance (Often Liquid), which is applied between two moving surfaces in order to reduce friction between them and hence reduce the energy needed to move the surfaces.

Engine oils Marines Hydraulic Fluids

Air Compressor

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Need for sustainable practices in Lubricants IndustryCu

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image of the company may get hampered if unsustainable practices are conducted

B2B Business- Loss of business may happen which will hamper the profitability

Lawsuits- Non compliance to regulatory norms may result into lawsuits

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yDamage of equipment- May result into huge loss if the lubricant is of poor quality

More Energy Consumption- Fuel consumption of machinery increases significantly if lubricant is not effective

Reduction in Efficiency- due to poor lubricant

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Leakage- Water pollution, Harm to ecosystem

Landfills- Poison released into environments

Burning- Heavy metals, Airborne diseases, Cancer, Additives produce poisonous gases when burned

Best practices followed by the Lubricant Industry Globally 

Bio lubricants:

Bio lubricants have been developed by Biolubs which consists a special range of special oils for machines and vehicles that requires less lubrication or which can represent a direct risk to the environment if the product leaks or Is accidentally spilled.

Rapid biodegradability Less toxicity Environmental friendliness Good lubricating properties High viscosity Longer asset/equipment life

Impurities in Used Lubricant Are Settled by DMK.

DMK is a polar solvent with the formula (C3H6O) and has many advantages over other organic polar solvents. • It is relatively economical. • It is miscible with hexane. • It is inert to the dissolution condition. Water is soluble in DMK so that water in used lubricants is simultaneously removed during the purification process.

Shell Pure Plus Technology: Game changer to the lubricants industry both globally and in sub-Saharan Africa.

Shell Lubricants has set itself up as an innovator in base oil and lubricants technology by Implementing purer base oils derived from natural gas.

Advantages: cleaner, more Effective, drive better performance and are cost competitive with fully synthetic lubricants.

It was nominated for 2014 sub-Saharan African Product Leadership award

Sustainability Practices at Total

• TOTAL Cityline- enables reductions up to 22% on maintenance costs, increases service life of particulate filters by 40%.

• Biolubricants particularly used for area of environmental protection concern like aquatic, mountain, agricultural and forest environments.

• Low SAPS(sulphated ash, phosphorus and sulphur) technology optimizes and enhances the operation of the depolluting systems nowadays fitted in most engines.

• Fuel Economy Technology improves engines’ running and performance and enable major fuel savings.

• Used Oils are collected and classified into clear and dark oil. Then clear oil is recycled for use. And dark oil is either regenerated or incinerated in cement works.

• REACH stands for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. Total confirms to REACH as well as many international norms.

Non sustainable practices followed by Lubricant Industry

Contamination of the environment with lubricant oils is mainly due to

Oil mist appearance

Oil leakage

Oil Spillage (Due to improper storage and handling)

Not biodegradable

Sustainable practices that Indian industries can take:

Adhering ISO 14001 requirementsLeading companies such as EXXON have long adopted this and maintain the same

standards throughout the world

Choice of SupplierCustomers and clients of lubricant manufacturers may prefer to those suppliers

who follow eco friendly standards

Research and Development Collaboration with several plant protection authorities and agronomy research institutes have resulted in development of newer methods of crop protection that do not cause any

harm to the soil or other wanted members of the local flora and fauna population.

Eco Friendly LubricantsThere has been major innovations around eco-friendly lubricants which

have ability to dissolve in water and cause less harm to environment.