Total Lubmarine’s TALUSIA UNIVERSAL receives No Objection Letter from WinGD for all fuels with a sulphur content 0.00%S - 1.50%S
Total Lubmarine’s TALUSIA UNIVERSAL (BN57) has received a No Objection Letter (NOL) from WinGD for all fuels (liquid and gas) with a sulphur content 0.00%S - 1.50%S, the company said in its release.
The NOL was awarded with no restrictions following the successful completion of two rigorous tests carried out on two different vessels fitted with W6X72 engines.
The tests were conducted on split engines comparing TALUSIA UNIVERSAL with a BN40 reference Cylinder Lube Oil (CLO). One test carried out with compliant VLSFO <0.5%S, the other one with compliant ULSFO <0.1%S for 2350 and 2000 running hours respectively.
“Following both tests, TALUSIA UNIVERSAL performed significantly better than the reference CLO for deposit control and general piston cleanliness, while maintaining excellent wear rates.” said Justin Van Tries – Total Lubmarine’s engineer responsible for sea trials.
Welcoming the announcement, Total Lubmarine’s Technical Director, Jean-Philippe Roman, said:
“We are delighted that TALUSIA UNIVERSAL has received the NOL from WinGD for all fuels with 0.00% to 1.50%S. Our team worked extremely closely with WinGD, and this close cooperation was critical in achieving this successful outcome. Test results on both engines revealed high levels of cleanliness with negligible wear, demonstrating the effectiveness of TALUSIA UNIVERSAL.”
TALUSIA UNIVERSAL is formulated with a unique chemistry (with additional surfactant molecules) that helps the neutralization process and the control of engine deposit growth.
It is proven to handle the engine cleanliness demands of all technologies operating with low sulphur fuels in all conditions with an accumulated experience of over 12 years.
The efficiency of TALUSIA UNIVERSAL to maintain the engine cleanliness is as good as the high BN rated products on the market. It can also be used on WinGD engines with X-DF technology.
The NOL from WinGD follows the awarding of an NOL from MAN Energy Solutions in late 2019 for TALUSIA UNIVERSAL following tests carried out on MAN B&W 2-stroke engines operating on fuels with less than 0.5%S Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO).
Because of its approval tests, TALUSIA UNIVERSAL can be used continuously with 0.1%S 2020 compliant fuels, in both the WinGD DF and MAN GI engines running in gas mode, without risk of deposit growth.
It is also proven to provide additional safety margins compared to BN40 CLO, achieving the lowest recommended LOFR when based on visual inspection and drain oil analysis.
About Total Lubmarine
Total Lubmarine, a division of Total Lubrifiants S.A., provides the shipping industry with pioneering marine lubricants and greases. The company is dedicated to partnering with its customers to provide turnkey solutions to their lubricant needs. A genuinely local partner, with sales and technical support based in 100 countries, Total Lubmarine provides one of the world’s largest delivery hub networks – supplying to over 1,000 ports worldwide.
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Total Marketing Services develops and markets products primarily derived from crude oil, along with all of the associated services. Its 31,000 employees are present in 110 countries and its products and services offers are sold in 150 countries. Every day, Total Marketing Services serves more than 8 million customers in its network of over 16,000 service stations in 65 countries. As the world’s fourth largest distributor of lubricants and the leading distributor of petroleum products in Africa, Total Marketing Services operates 50 production sites worldwide where it manufactures the lubricants, bitumen, additives, special fuels and fluids that sustain its growth.
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