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9 July 2018
AN-YPFB
Yacimientos Petrolíferos Taxes Bolivianos has developed 15 lubricating oils and greases for the automotive and industrial sectors in 11 years of the state administration of the refinery of Cochabamba, in contrast to the period of privatization that made no effort in this regard, an aspect that allowed it to lead production and marketing, informed today YPFB CEO, Oscar Barriga.
"Since our Gualberto Villarroel refinery, 51% of the oils used in the car fleet are produced, obviously we are competing with other brands, but the aim is that over from the time we gained space today, we are leaders, not only in production, but in the marketing of lubricants for the automotive fleet, "said the director of the national oil company.
During private management, no major investment was made to develop new lubricant formulations under the YPFB brand. While in the state management, YPFB through the refinery of Gualberto Villarroel, has developed new formulations and products according to market needs and according to new technologies.
PRODUCTS
Throughout the management of YPFB, various products were launched on the market, meeting the needs of the growing national market.
Since 2008, SAE 15W40 Diesel Multigrade Turbo and SAE 20w50 Diesel Multigrade Plus have been introduced to the market. In addition, in the following years, the launch of HAD Hydraulic Industrial Hydraulic Oils 68 was launched.
In 2011, lubricating greases began to be marketed: NLGI Lithium No. 2 and Moligras NLGI No. 3.
In 2013, the launch of Multitrapoidal PS SAE80W90 and Multitrapoidal transmission oils PS SAE85W140 has been registered. The following year, the lubricant for the 4-stroke Moto 4T SAE 15W50 engine and the 2015 SAE 10W30 2015 Extrem G12 engine oil for the latest-generation gasoline engines were put on sale.
In the 2017 management was registered the launch of industrial oils LUB MEG (for stationary natural gas engines), LUB FTT (oils for heat transfer), LUB FTA (oils for agricultural tractors), LUB HAD TP (oils for systems) hydraulic), LUB FEP (oils for heavy equipment) and LUB MTL (oils for mechanical transmissions).
Thanks to the nationalization, from 2007 to 2017, YPFB Refinación SA reached an average annual sales volume of 2,200 m3 / month, the highest volume being 2,259 m3 / month, exceeding 162 % private management results in terms of YPFB lubricant production
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