{"id":40241,"date":"2017-02-01T07:26:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T06:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=40241"},"modified":"2017-01-30T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T11:53:45","slug":"the-biolubricants-market-is-tempting-the-big-oil-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/the-biolubricants-market-is-tempting-the-big-oil-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The biolubricants market is tempting the big oil industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bioeconomy is also new biolubricants, a market segment that is tempting the big oil industry. It is no coincidence that Chevron Products Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc, has made an equity investment into Novvi LLC (a joint venture of Amyris, Inc., Cosan S.A., and American Refining Group, ARG).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novvi\u2019s products and technology are recognized by the global lubricant market to deliver sustainable, high-performance solutions in a range of lubricant applications. Since launching first commercial production in 2014, Novvi has been steadily increasing base oil manufacturing to keep up with robust and growing demand for a variety of applications.<\/p>\n

Chevron is a leading manufacturer of premium base oils and one of the world\u2019s largest suppliers of finished lubricants. Chevron has one the world\u2019s largest base oil manufacturing platforms through its own refining network and its base oil licensing technology position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased that Chevron has decided to invest in Novvi. Chevron\u2019s investment is a further validation of the market acceptance that Novvi and its technology have gained,\u201d stated Jeff Brown, Novvi LLC\u2019s Ceo. \u201cAs we continue to increase our global market penetration, Chevron\u2019s well-established industry position in base oils and lubricants can further enhance our growth plan,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud of Chevron\u2019s recognition of Novvi\u2019s technology platform and the sizeable opportunity it represents within the industry to bring farnesene-based, renewable products into its portfolio,\u201d added John Melo, Amyris President & Ceo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investment in Novvi will provide us with access to high-performance renewable base oils, which is strategically aligned with our aggressive growth plan, particularly in the synthetic and renewable lubricants space,\u201d said Brent Lok, Manager, Chevron Base Oils Marketing and Business Development. \u201cNovvi\u2019s technology creates new possibilities for longer-term product development within Chevron\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

In addition to an equity investment, Chevron and Novvi plan to work together to introduce new base oils and lubricants to the industry in key areas.<\/p>\n

Novvi LLC is a joint venture of Amyris, Inc. and Cosan S.A. Industria e Comercio created to develop, produce, market, and distribute high-performance oils and lubricants from renewable sources. Novvi draws from the strength of both companies, applying Amyris\u2019 synthetic biology platform to produce targeted hydrocarbon molecules from plant sugar and Cosan\u2019s feedstock capabilities and supply and distribution infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Though Novvi products can be made from any plant sugar, including cellulosic sugars, today\u2019s products are made from sustainably grown Brazilian sugarcane, one of the most photosynthetically efficient plants widely available on earth. Sugarcane provides a high-quality feedstock and brings the added benefit of sequestering carbon dioxide with exceptional efficiency. Studies show that Novvi chemicals could sequester as much as three tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of chemicals used.<\/p>\n

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The bioeconomy is also new biolubricants, a market segment that is tempting the big oil industry. It is no coincidence that Chevron Products Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc, has made an equity investment into Novvi LLC (a joint venture of Amyris, Inc., Cosan S.A., and American Refining Group, ARG). Novvi\u2019s products and technology […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,13053],"supplier":[13052,2389,4014,13054,13051],"class_list":["post-40241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biolubricants","supplier-american-refining-group-arg","supplier-amyris","supplier-chevron-corporation","supplier-cosan-s-a-industria","supplier-novvi-llc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40241"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=40241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}