LUKOIL MARINE LUBRICANTS AWARDED FOR CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE INDUSTRY
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
LUKOIL Marine Lubricants, the company representing LUKOIL’s global marine oils business, has received two prestigious industry awards for introducing innovative solutions in maritime shipping. The jury of the Fifth Annual Maritime Standard Awards has named LUKOIL Marine Lubricants the winner in the Technical Innovations category for developing and enhancing the iCOlube intelligent cylinder oil lubrication system. The company team has also received the Dubai Maritime Innovation Award at the Dubai Maritime Summit for their pioneering efforts to advance creativity and innovation in the UAE maritime sector.
LUKOIL was the first lubricant supplier in the market to identify and react to a new concern of engine manufacturers that the 40 BN lubricants available in the market did not seem to provide sufficient detergency to handle 0.1% and 0.5% fuels. Offering a solution to this problem up to 2020 and beyond, LUKOIL Marine Lubricants launched NAVIGO MCL Extra in May 2017, a 40 BN marine cylinder oil for distillate, ultra-low sulphur fuel oil (<0.1%S) and very low sulphur heavy fuel oil applications.
iCOlube®, LUKOIL Marine Lubricants’ on-board unit for intelligent cylinder oil lubrication, tailors the alkalinity reserve of the cylinder oil in use to engine load and fuel. The feed rate does not have to be adjusted. It always stays at optimum level while only the fuel sulphur content needs to be entered. This maintains the engine in best condition, reduces oil costs, saves fuel, is environmentally friendly and ensures easy and time-saving engine operation.
“We are very honoured and grateful to receive this appreciation of our work. Our products and solutions have been a result of listening and reacting to the needs and requirements of our customers and the industry as a whole. Winning these awards confirms that within just ten years of operation we have already positioned ourselves as a technology leader,” noted LUKOIL Marine Lubricants Director June Manoharan.
