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Sinopec Lubricant Company (Sinolube) on Wednesday (3 June) said its Great Wall Marine Medium Speed Lube Oil Series 3012/3015/4012/4015 has obtained technical approvals from German marine engine producer MAN Energy Solutions.
This is the first approval given to this series of lube oil in the company’s four-stroke OEM designed for the international mainstream market, it said.
Sinolube explained the range is designed for the lubrication of four-stroke,medium-speed diesel marine engines or conventional four-stroke medium-speed diesel engines using diesel oil, distillate oil, liquified natural gas (LNG)/diesel or LNG/distillate oil, as well as auxiliary equipment such as stern shafts.
Photo credit: MAN Energy Solutions
Published: 4 June, 2020
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