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T</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=16"> NEED TO KNOW Looking Back and </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=17"> IPAC 2600 Series - Stopping Corrosion in its Trac</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=18"> Continued from page 16 distributor's presence in </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=19"> </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=20"> Changing Trade Winds for Base Oil BY JOE BEETON </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=21"> almost equal strides. 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But Ph</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=26"> W hat do lubrica</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=27"> Photo: stevanovicigor - iStock LUBES</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=28"> sion that has never been considered which may dra</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=29"> group II base oils this is what progress looks l</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=30"> Continued from page 28 inventing new laboratory </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=31"> Wear scar for 3 percent molybdenum phosphorodithi</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=32"> A heavy-duty engine test cell at the Southwest Re</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=33"> BY STEVE SWEDBERG Heavy-duty Health As HDEO t</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=34"> and FA-4, said Shawn Whitacre, chair- man of ASTM</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=35"> </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=36"> Continued from page 34 </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=37"> maintain the hardware for the existing tests, as </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=38"> 38 JANUARY 2018</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=39"> E </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=40"> ultra-low-viscosity engine oils is clear, challen</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=41"> AMBITION / FLEXIBILITY / </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=42"> Continued from page 40 A similar result was r</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=43"> PUZZLED BY BASE STOCKS? </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=44"> PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS Keeps engines purrin</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=45"> Turning Your Ideas Into Reality With a p</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=46"> PRODUCT NEWS Continued from page 44 </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=47"> Control Foam Carnpneonutnecr eCdo.that several o</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=48"> PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES Motiva Rolls Out G</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=49"> å)HEUXDU\ // 3DUN3OD]D:HVWPLQVWHU%ULGJH // /RQGRQ</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=50"> PLACES'N'FACES </a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=51"> cant additives for automobile engines, electric g</a> <a title="2018_01 - January 2018 - LNG page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01412226?page=52"> Stop Searching. 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