Navigo MCL Extra, a cylinder oil developed by Lukoil, has been granted approval for MAN and Wärtsilä (WinGD) engines. The product complements Lukoil Marine’s product portfolio for low and ultra-low Sulphur applications.
There is a big change in fuels ahead and the fuel suppliers [ds_preview]are busy looking into several options Lukoil informed. However, regardless of whether de-sulphurisation, MGO or distillate blends or any predominantly hydrocarbon blend with a maximum of 0.5 % sulphur content or a 0.1 % limit in ECA.
In order to offer the best possible lubricant solutions in the years leading up to 2020 and beyond, the company launched Navigo MCL Extra, a 40 BN marine cylinder oil for distillate, ultra-low Sulphur fuel oil (< 0.1% S) and low Sulphur heavy fuel oil applications.
Navigo MCL Extra will replace Navigo 40 MCL
Since it also covers low Sulphur HFO applications, it will replace Navigo 40 MCL and will from now on be delivered globally instead of Navigo 40 MCL, the company said.
Lukoil is a Russian company in exploring, producing, refining and marketing petroleum products. It was established in 1991 through the merger of a group of oil-and-gas production companies located in the western Siberian cities Langepas, Urai and Kogalym, whose initials form the acronym LUK.
