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U.S. sales of Lubricants

U.S. sales of Lubricants Seventeen Companies account for over 80% Tota l Sales. A breakdown chart by company size groups shows U.S. sales of that the combined sales of 17 companies, each of which sold more than 500,000 barrels of lubricating oils in the U.S. aggregated 82.3 per cent of the U.S. Lubricant s total. The second group, composed of 30 companies, accounted for 13.2 per cent. The 158 smaller com­ panies, with sales of less than 50,000 barrels, made up the remaining 4.5 per cent. A N interesting compilation of the sales of lubric- ating oils and greases throughout the U.S.A. in The report gives figures for each State in the U.S.A., 1947, has re­ but the tables centl y been below give the SALE S OF LUBRICATING OILS AND GREASES IN U.S.A. 1947 Grand Totals, released. This 1,000 42-gallon barrels and will be of classes all lub­ Industria l Products interes t to ricant sales by Classification Automotiv e Aviatio n states, types, those connect­ Lubricatin g Other s and company ed with the Oils Grease s Oils Grease s Oils Grease s Oils Greases classifications. lubricating oil 4½ Genera l Refiners 48 5 15,326 786 5,18 3 180 17,397 1,424 industr y in The work was Lubricatin g Refiners 3 29 3 176 2,806 11 8 2 9 — 25 1 Compounder s 1,010 135 169 3,130 65 4 137 5½ — this country. undertaken by Marketer s 136 2 7 46 370 28 3 5½ Our contem­ th e Office of Domestic porary "The SALE S AND EXPORT S OF AUTOMOTIVE LUBRICATING OILS & GREASE S IN U.S.A. 1947 Commerce , Petroleu m 1,000 42-gallon barrels U.S. Depart­ Times' ' asks "Coul d a ment of Com- Automotiv e Greases Automotiv e Oils similar survey merce , in Genera l Lubric ­ Com ­ Lubric ­ Com­ Genera l atin g Marketer s of 'Sales of co-operatio n Refiner s atin g pounder s Marketer s Refiner s pounder s Refiner s Refiner s wit h the Lubricatin g Tota l USA 14,192 2,088 1,941 35 8 1,188 106 599 2 8 American Pet­ Oils & Greases Export s ½ 3,205 71 8 1,190 13 23 5 13 5 5 roleum Insti­ i n Great Britain ' be tute , who conducted in initiated and SALE S AND EXPORT S O F INDUSTRIAL OILS IN U.S.A. 1947 1,000 42-gallon barrels. so simple a financed the origina l col­ fashion as tha t Lubricatin g Other s lection of data, employed in Genera l Lubric ­ Com ­ Com ­ Genera l Lubric - whic h is the U.S.A. for atin g Marketer s pounder s Marketers Refiner s pounder s Refiner s atin g Refiner s Refiner s extremely val­ 1947? Certain­ Tota l USA l y ther e is uable to U.S. 9,823 182 703 9 2 4,39 1 21 9 123 46 Export s 5,494 69 30 7 4 5 79 2 74 46 ½ need for the lubricating oil attempt be­ companies. cause of the general benefits it could bring to the U.K. petroleum Automotiv e Oils Have Largest Sales. industry." With these remarks we agree and we Some interesting facts emerge from the figures think that the difficulties of securing accurate inform­ presented in this report. Oils and greases are each ation might be overcome. divided into three catagories, Automotive, Aviation, I n the tables (above) from the report, the following and Industrial Products. The Grand Total for the classification of companies applies :— year 1947 of all grades is 46,772,861 42-gallon barrels General Refiners—Those refiners whose lubricating of oil and 3,458,050 barrels of grease. The largest con­ oil capacity is less than 8 per cent of their crude- sumer of the three is very definitely the Automotive distillation capacity (25 companies). oils with 23,703,989 barrels, as against 16,722,952 Lubricating Refiners—Those refiners whose lubric­ barrels for Industrial Products, and654,979 for Avia­ ating oil capacity is 8 per cent or more of their crude- tion. Corresponding figures for grease are, respect­ distillation capacity (14 companies). ively, 2,224,415, 951,223, and 4,590. The balance is Compounders—Companies compounding lubricating made up of "other oils" which includes all processing, oils and/or greases who do not own any lubricating testing, cutting and other grades including switch and oil refining capacity (127 companies). transformer oils, rust-preventing oils, white oil, core Marketers—Those firms who were canvassed under and brick oils, batching oils, etc. the assumption that they were compounders (68 Adding together the Industrial oils used for all companies) account for only a small part of the total purposes, i.e. including the "other purposes" grades, marketers. the automotive oils still lead by over a million barrels, and the consumption of automotive greases I t is interesting to note that, omitting the market­ is nearly seventy per cent greater than all Industrial ers, there are only 166 companies in the U.S.A. and "other" uses. refining and/or compounding lubricating oils. Scientific LUBRICATION May, 1951 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Industrial Lubrication and Tribology Emerald Publishing

U.S. sales of Lubricants

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology , Volume 3 (5): 1 – May 1, 1951
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Seventeen Companies account for over 80% Tota l Sales. A breakdown chart by company size groups shows U.S. sales of that the combined sales of 17 companies, each of which sold more than 500,000 barrels of lubricating oils in the U.S. aggregated 82.3 per cent of the U.S. Lubricant s total. The second group, composed of 30 companies, accounted for 13.2 per cent. The 158 smaller com­ panies, with sales of less than 50,000 barrels, made up the remaining 4.5 per cent. A N interesting compilation of the sales of lubric- ating oils and greases throughout the U.S.A. in The report gives figures for each State in the U.S.A., 1947, has re­ but the tables centl y been below give the SALE S OF LUBRICATING OILS AND GREASES IN U.S.A. 1947 Grand Totals, released. This 1,000 42-gallon barrels and will be of classes all lub­ Industria l Products interes t to ricant sales by Classification Automotiv e Aviatio n states, types, those connect­ Lubricatin g Other s and company ed with the Oils Grease s Oils Grease s Oils Grease s Oils Greases classifications. lubricating oil 4½ Genera l Refiners 48 5 15,326 786 5,18 3 180 17,397 1,424 industr y in The work was Lubricatin g Refiners 3 29 3 176 2,806 11 8 2 9 — 25 1 Compounder s 1,010 135 169 3,130 65 4 137 5½ — this country. undertaken by Marketer s 136 2 7 46 370 28 3 5½ Our contem­ th e Office of Domestic porary "The SALE S AND EXPORT S OF AUTOMOTIVE LUBRICATING OILS & GREASE S IN U.S.A. 1947 Commerce , Petroleu m 1,000 42-gallon barrels U.S. Depart­ Times' ' asks "Coul d a ment of Com- Automotiv e Greases Automotiv e Oils similar survey merce , in Genera l Lubric ­ Com ­ Lubric ­ Com­ Genera l atin g Marketer s of 'Sales of co-operatio n Refiner s atin g pounder s Marketer s Refiner s pounder s Refiner s Refiner s wit h the Lubricatin g Tota l USA 14,192 2,088 1,941 35 8 1,188 106 599 2 8 American Pet­ Oils & Greases Export s ½ 3,205 71 8 1,190 13 23 5 13 5 5 roleum Insti­ i n Great Britain ' be tute , who conducted in initiated and SALE S AND EXPORT S O F INDUSTRIAL OILS IN U.S.A. 1947 1,000 42-gallon barrels. so simple a financed the origina l col­ fashion as tha t Lubricatin g Other s lection of data, employed in Genera l Lubric ­ Com ­ Com ­ Genera l Lubric - whic h is the U.S.A. for atin g Marketer s pounder s Marketers Refiner s pounder s Refiner s atin g Refiner s Refiner s extremely val­ 1947? Certain­ Tota l USA l y ther e is uable to U.S. 9,823 182 703 9 2 4,39 1 21 9 123 46 Export s 5,494 69 30 7 4 5 79 2 74 46 ½ need for the lubricating oil attempt be­ companies. cause of the general benefits it could bring to the U.K. petroleum Automotiv e Oils Have Largest Sales. industry." With these remarks we agree and we Some interesting facts emerge from the figures think that the difficulties of securing accurate inform­ presented in this report. Oils and greases are each ation might be overcome. divided into three catagories, Automotive, Aviation, I n the tables (above) from the report, the following and Industrial Products. The Grand Total for the classification of companies applies :— year 1947 of all grades is 46,772,861 42-gallon barrels General Refiners—Those refiners whose lubricating of oil and 3,458,050 barrels of grease. The largest con­ oil capacity is less than 8 per cent of their crude- sumer of the three is very definitely the Automotive distillation capacity (25 companies). oils with 23,703,989 barrels, as against 16,722,952 Lubricating Refiners—Those refiners whose lubric­ barrels for Industrial Products, and654,979 for Avia­ ating oil capacity is 8 per cent or more of their crude- tion. Corresponding figures for grease are, respect­ distillation capacity (14 companies). ively, 2,224,415, 951,223, and 4,590. The balance is Compounders—Companies compounding lubricating made up of "other oils" which includes all processing, oils and/or greases who do not own any lubricating testing, cutting and other grades including switch and oil refining capacity (127 companies). transformer oils, rust-preventing oils, white oil, core Marketers—Those firms who were canvassed under and brick oils, batching oils, etc. the assumption that they were compounders (68 Adding together the Industrial oils used for all companies) account for only a small part of the total purposes, i.e. including the "other purposes" grades, marketers. the automotive oils still lead by over a million barrels, and the consumption of automotive greases I t is interesting to note that, omitting the market­ is nearly seventy per cent greater than all Industrial ers, there are only 166 companies in the U.S.A. and "other" uses. refining and/or compounding lubricating oils. Scientific LUBRICATION May, 1951

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