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Originally Posted by flatheadmurre
The API standards or any other standard says what the oil should be do...
not how it should do it or how the different companies should mix their product.
So the oilcompanies is constantly trying to develope a product .. cheaper.
The brand name and designation of the oil can remain while they adjust the mix of it.
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Not in America.
The rest of the world, yes.
API is a governing body and it governs more than just engine oil.
Here, The mixture won't be any different than what the label states.
If in America, API spec is for a certain mixture, than the label must say so.
That's not to say that they may eventually change the blend,
But they cannot maintain the specific API designation that is stamped on the cap/bottle and put something different inside.
There is no getting around what the spec says
unless you Forfeit your prized API License.
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Shell has continually brought new products to the market (just like others) to meet manufacturers requirements for newer engines but they have kept the original progressive upgrades of the Rotella line.
That's why we still have the original Rotella T, T3, T5, T6,
And along with the actual API/SAE spec, that's what is stated on each bottle respectively. Nothing more and nothing less.
Flashead Murrey,
Perhaps a thorough reading of American Petroleum Institute
would put things into perspective?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...leum_Institute
API Standards Committees are made up of subcommittees and task groups that works and maintain these standards. the list of Committee and Subcommittee is:
- Committee on Standardization of Oilfield Equipment & Materials (CSOEM)
- SC2- Subcommittee on Offshore Structures
- SC17- Subcommittee on Subsea Production Equipment
- SC5- Subcommittee on Tubular Goods
- SC6- Subcommittee on Valves & Wellhead Equipment
- SC8- Subcommittee on Drilling Structures & Equipment
- SC10- Subcommittee on Well Cements
- SC11- Subcommittee on Field Operating Equipment
- SC13- Subcommittee on Drill Completion & Fracturing Fluids
- SC15- Subcommittee on Fiberglass & Plastic Tubulars
- SC16- Subcommittee on Drilling Well Control Equipment
- SC18- Subcommittee on Quality
- SC19- Subcommittee on Completion Equipment
- SC20- Subcommittee on Supply Chain Management
- Committee on Refinery Equipment (CRE)
- Subcommittee on Corrosion & Materials
- Subcommittee on Electrical Equipment
- Subcommittee on Heat Transfer Equipment
- Subcommittee on Inspection
- Subcommittee on Instruments & Control Systems
- Subcommittee on Mechanical Equipment
- Subcommittee on Piping & Valves
- Subcommittee on Pressure-Relieving Systems
- Subcommittee on Above ground Storage Tanks
- Pipeline Standards Committees
- Safety and Fire Protection Committee (SFPS)
- API Committee on Petroleum Measurement (COPM)
- Committee on Evaporation Loss Estimation
- Committee on Measurement Accountability
- Committee on Gas Fluids Measurement
- Committee on Liquid Measurement
- Committee on Measurement Quality
- Committee on Production Measurement & Allocation
- Committee on Measurement Education & Training
Sincerely,
your pal, moe
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