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PUBLISHER'S LETTER<br />
Stand Up for<br />
Consumers<br />
O<br />
bsolete, mislabeled, defective and<br />
even counterfeit engine oils con-<br />
tinue to plague this industry and<br />
U.S. consumers. Why don't more states<br />
work to get these malignant products<br />
banned?<br />
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=1"> DECEMBER 2015 VOL. 21 ISSUE 12 </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=2"> Ergon is a Proud Sponsor of the 1 1th ICIS Pan-Am</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=3"> PUBLISHER'S LETTER Stand Up for Consumers O </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=4"> DECEMBER 2015 VOL. 21 ISSUE 12 TABLE O</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=5"> For Uncompromising PC-11 Flexibility </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=6"> AUTOMOTIVE Readers Take Their Shots W </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=7"> </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=8"> AUTOMOTIVE Continued from page 6 </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=9"> ExxonMobil Chemical's advanced synthetic base sto</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=10"> AUTOMOTIVE Continued from p</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=11"> Additives to Transform Lubricant Technologies D</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=12"> Continued from page 10 In the perennial discuss</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=13"> volatility relates to oil consumption, so we're c</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=14"> NEED TO KNOW Will Adjacency Be a Game Changer?</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=15"> </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=16"> ASK US ABOUT BIOBASED/VGP BIODEGRADABLE </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=17"> We create chemistry that makes lubricant formulat</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=18"> BEST PRACTICES What Is Your Personal Brand? </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=19"> A STEP UP IN BASE OILS Take your business to th</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=20"> Continued from page 18 financial analyst in a mar</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=21"> you are hitting the mark. If you have been in you</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=22"> BY GEORGE GILL Brenntag Splashes Out for Lubes </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=23"> </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=24"> Fatty Acids Fatty Alcohols Fractionated Me</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=25"> Whatever your metalworking fluid challenges, ANGUS</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=26"> Continued from page 24 Brenntag is becoming vert</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=27"> stock offering in 2010. Its growth trajectory is</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=28"> IRGAFLO® VISCOSITY INDEX MODIFIERS & POUR POINT D</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=29"> Heritage-Crystal Clean Continued Growth in 2015 </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=30"> st re ov l - Fo o t li a 30 DECEMBER 2015</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=31"> BUSTING THE GHOST PARTICLES A </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=32"> is the optical particle counter. This type of dev</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=33"> THE BLUE PLANET WISHES YOU HAPPY HO</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=34"> Continued from page 32 particle count technique </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=35"> Lubricant samples were tested in several devices,</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=36"> It's in our DNA Developing partnerships is what w</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=37"> Ordinary Partnering Interested Sharing Coopera</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=38"> </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=39"> dilution ratio. Therefore, the data from D7647 ca</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=40"> BY MARY MOON EPA Yields More than 250 </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=41"> more time to adjust to life without chlorinated p</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=42"> paraffins received CAS numbers and were commercia</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=43"> </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=44"> Continued from page 42 long-chain CPs but receiv</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=45"> Efficiency from a new perspective. </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=46"> 46 DECEMBER 2015</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=47"> BY JOE ROUSMANIERE Trade's </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=48"> Figure 1. Cargoes Transported in Flexitanks World</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=49"> We create chemistry that makes the environment lo</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=50"> Figure 2. Relative Cost per Metric Ton, U.S. to B</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=51"> CHEVRON GROUP II PREMIUM BASE OILS WE'RE BRINGI</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=52"> A </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=53"> communicated through a set of nine pictograms and</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=54"> No one knows where base oil prices are going... B</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=55"> Continued from page 53 workplace labeling and wr</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=56"> consumers, while bulk packages are used in fleet </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=57"> Performance you can rely on. News. Views. Tre</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=58"> PRODUCT NEWS PRODUCT NEWS MultiwavePro saves t</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=59"> New name. Same great lubricants. Safety-Kleen oi</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=60"> 2016 LNG GLOBAL LUBRICANTS INDUSTRY FACTBOOK</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=61"> Continued from page 58 metal components with indi</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=62"> PLACES'N'FACES PLACES'N'FACES Bridgestone Pocket</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=63"> ExxonMobil Basestocks — powering progress in a ra</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=64"> Lubes'n'Greases magazine May 2015 Analyzed Issue </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=65"> Badger is a full service distributor providing</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=66"> I N D E X O F A D V E R T I S E R S ABB F</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=67"> Strickland succeeded David Peel, who retired. Str</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=68"> BASE OIL REPORT Different Types of Enlightenme</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=69"> </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=70"> YOUR BUSINESS Words: Clear, Concise and Correc</a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=71"> INTRODUCING </a>
<a title="2015_12 - December 2015 - LNG page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4200a2ec?page=72"> Forget the misleading pronouncements about the en</a>