PetroChoice Acquires Hagan Kennington Oil Company

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…PetroChoice is pleased to announce the acquisition of Hagan Kennington Oil Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. The deal further broadens PetroChoice’s distribution reach in North and South Carolina. Read more here >…

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Mining Giant DeBeers to Begin Selling Man-Made Diamonds

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…e available by September. DeBeers has been producing man-made diamonds for commercial use for some time. These diamonds have been used for drilling in industrial applications, particularly in the oil and natural gas fields. However, this will be the first time the company sells them as jewelry. DeBeers has been mining diamonds since 1888. By the early 20th century, it controlled nearly 90 percent of the world’s diamonds. It maintained that strangl…

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Oil Industry Poised for More Growth in 2019

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…rent and child wells, using learning process to target what wells they are completing and how we’re doing it. We are using analytics much more than we have previously.” Related: New Oil Classification, New Tech, Changing Automotive Landscape Define 2018 Foreman said it is unlikely U.S. oil industry will see the kind of growth it did last year. However, he is still optimistic about continuing growth in 2019, especially as imports continue to remain…

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Case Study: Optimizing a Lubricant Program for Coca-Cola

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…-Cola has found a partner in PetroChoice they can rely on to provide them with proven support and products. “The guys are local, they communicated effectively and they were more than willing to come into the plant,” Sanvold said. “We were all aligned into what the end goal was and it has been a great partnership.”   Photos, Video Courtesy of Rich Limpert…

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Inspector Determines Glider Kit Truck Study was Consistent with EPA Standards

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…Volvo trucks, who donated vehicles for the study. Volvo has long been a proponent of reducing the number of gliders manufactured annually. Read More: EPA Official In Charge of Emissions Standards Steps Down Despite concerns, the OIG determined the EPA acted within reason in completing the research. This comes as a blow to those advocating the repeal of a 2016 regulation that capped the number of gliders each manufacturer could build to 300 per yea…

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Proper Storage, Handling of Heat Transfer Oils Critical for Facility Success

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…, former Director of Technology at Paratherm, now retired, one of the most common storage mistakes users make is one of the simplest to fix. “The main thing with heat transfer fluids is you want to keep the drums inside,” Oetinger said. “If you store a drum outside, the drumhead fills with rain and as the temperature changes, that oil is going to pull a vacuum and it’s going to pull water through the seals. You end up with water in the bottom of t…

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A Quick Guide to Reading your Oil Analysis Report

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…me lubricants to have higher concentration of some materials than others. Some pieces of equipment wear down faster than others and some contaminants are unavoidable in certain applications. This makes consistent testing important, as it will allow you to recognize trends in your samples and act preemptively….

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Walmart and Ford to Partner on Self-Driving Vehicle Initiative

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…cle business expected to launch in 2021. The joint venture between the two companies will focus on how self-driving vehicles could be used to deliver groceries and other products. Research will focus on which vehicle configurations will work best and which products would be most easily deliverable. Ford has been performing tests with their autonomous vehicles in Miami since February. Walmart has also been working with self-driving cars, as they pa…

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PetroChoice Joins to Support PQIA

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…ricants in the market. Please Click here to learn more about PQIA – http://www.pqiamerica.com PetroChoice is one of the largest lubricant distributors in the United States. The company currently operates 17 facilities spanning from Pennsylvania in the North to Tennessee in the South and as far west as North Dakota. PetroChoice markets a comprehensive line of advanced lubrication solutions and distributes top quality products for all segments of th…

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Tesla Taps Robyn Denholm to replace Musk

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…head of strategy at Telestra….

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