All Shell Gasolines Meet 'Top Tier' Gasoline Standard Introduced by BMW, General Motors, Honda and Toyota
December 06 2004 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
All Shell Gasolines Meet 'Top Tier' Gasoline Standard Introduced by
BMW, General Motors, Honda and Toyota HOUSTON, Dec. 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- While the majority of gasolines on the
market today contain only the minimum amount of cleaning agents
required by government standards, some companies say that isn't
enough. According to Shell, gasoline meeting only minimum
requirements can leave harmful deposits on engine parts.
Additionally, four leading automakers, BMW, General Motors, Honda
and Toyota, are so concerned with declining gasoline quality, that
they recently introduced a higher standard called "Top Tier
Detergent Gasoline." Shell announced today that its Regular, Plus
and Shell V-Power(R) premium-grade gasolines all meet the "Top Tier
Detergent Gasoline" standard. "We've felt for a long time that the
minimum detergency level set by EPA was not adequate for many fuels
on the market," said Andrew Buczynsky, fuels engineer at General
Motors. Because gasoline can vary in quality from one brand to
another, the four automakers created the "Top Tier Detergent
Gasoline" standard to help keep vehicle engines cleaner and reduce
deposit-related problems. The new standard surpasses the minimum
requirements for gasoline detergent additives set by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and in order for a gasoline
brand to promote "Top Tier" status, all gasolines sold must meet
the "Top Tier" standard. Shell agrees cleaning agents are important
and the company's research shows that fuels with more cleaning
agents can remove deposits left behind by low detergency gasolines.
And, according to the automakers that developed the "Top Tier"
standard, clean engines help vehicles achieve optimal performance
as well as reduced emissions. Shell regular and Plus gasolines,
which meet the "Top Tier" standard, also contain more than two
times the amount of cleaning agents required by the EPA. Shell
V-Power goes even further -- it has more than five times the
minimum amount of cleaning agents required by government standards
and twice the cleaning agents required by the "Top Tier" standard.
While the "Top Tier" standard is designed to protect engines from
the future build-up of carbon deposits, Shell V-Power is
specifically formulated to actively clean your engine as you drive
giving it the ability to clean-up deposits that have already built
up on intake valves and fuel injectors. "Shell has a long history
of offering consumers high-detergency gasolines and has invested
years of research and development into creating high-quality
fuels," said Brooks Herring, brand and strategy manager for Shell
Oil Products US. "Gasoline quality can vary from one brand to
another and choosing the right gasoline for your car is very
important. Shell has been delivering quality fuels to motorists for
nearly 100 years and we hope the new 'Top Tier' standard will help
consumers better understand the importance of buying high-quality
fuels with additional cleaning power." For more information on
Shell V-Power gasoline please log on to
http://www.shellvpower.com/. For more information on the "Top Tier
Detergent Gasoline" initiative, please visit
http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/environment/fuel_economy_emissions/emissio
ns/detergent_092704.html. Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of
Shell Oil Company, is a leader in the refining, transportation and
marketing of fuels, and has a network of nearly 7,000 branded
gasoline stations in the Western United States. Shell Oil Company
is a 50 percent owner of Motiva Enterprises LLC, along with Saudi
Refining, Inc., which refines and markets branded products through
more than 10,000 stations in the Eastern and Southern United
States. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell
Group of Companies (NYSE:RDNYSE:SC). For more information, please
visit http://www.shell.com/ DATASOURCE: Shell Oil Products US
CONTACT: Rick Jennings of GCI Los Angeles, +1-323-761-7475, for
Shell Oil Products US; or Anne Peebles of Shell Oil Products US,
+1-713-241-1584; or Shell Media Line, +1-713-241-1578 Web site:
http://www.shellvpower.com/ Web site: http://www.shell.com/
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