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Motor Oil - 1
Motor Oil - 1
Motor Oil - 1
Introduction
Motor oil was just a mixture of base oil and additives used to lubricate engine parts, reduce
friction, clean, cool, and protect the engine.
However, modern synthetic motor oil is a complex mixture of base oils and additive components
designed to perform a variety of tasks.
Engine oil is comprised of two basic components-base oils and additives. The base oils constitute
70-90 percent of the total and are created from natural gas or crude oil, while additives round out
the remaining 10-30 percent and can be variety of things.
Dispersants
Detergents
Anti-wear additives
Friction modifiers
Antioxidants
Anti-foam additives
Corrosion inhibitors
Viscosity index improvers
Pour point depressants
Among the foreign companies are Mobil companies; It is the first with a market share of
about 22%, followed by Shell and Total with a share of 16% for each, followed by Caltex with
a share of 6%, and with regard to local companies, Taawon Company holds 23% of the
market and Egypt Petroleum has 19%, confirming that his company acquires about 1% of the
market now; The future plan aims to reach about 6% of the market in 2020.
Car engine oil distributors confirmed that the rate of consumer demand for local products has
increased by between 15 and 20%, due to the decrease in their prices by 30% compared to
their imported counterparts, which have seen successive increases during the last period.
KEY PLAYERS:
The largest players in the market from foreign companies are Mobil companies; It is
the first with a market share of about 22%, followed by Shell and Total with a share of 16%
for each, followed by Caltex with a share of 6%, and with regard to local companies, Taawon
Company holds 23% of the market and Egypt Petroleum has 19%, confirming that his
company acquires about 1% of the market now; The future plan aims to reach about 6% of
the market in 2020.
Market share
19%
22%
Mobil
Shell
Total
Caltex
Taawon
16% Egypt Pet.
23%
6% 16%
Car Engine oil prices:
Total oil prices
3,000km "Oil 20w50" capacity (4 liters): 165 EGP.
5,000 km (quartz-20w50): 310 EGP
10,000 km category «5w30-5w40» 705 EGP
Taawon Oils
3,000 km - a packaged (4 liters) at 170 EGP
5,000 km category at 510 EGP
Castrol Oils
10,000 km EDGE (4 liters) 750 EGP
PROFICAR in EGYPT:
Few points came to our knowledge about PROFI-CAR as their second shipment is
coming in, here’s some of them:
- https://www.pennzoil.com/en_us/education/know-your-oil/what-is-motor-oil.html
- https://synthetic-oildepot.com/a-beginners-guide-to-motor-oil-what-you-need-to-
know/
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