Chevron Lubricants Delo brand moves away from conventional diesel engine oils

There’s been an ongoing migration for many years away from conventional diesel engine oils toward synthetic and synthetic blends. Chevron Lubricants Delo brand is expediting that transition on the product side by dropping its popular Delo 400 SDE 10W-30 and 15W-40, along with its Delo 400 XLE 15W-40.
Just about every oil supplier had difficulty getting product to market during the pandemic, and by removing the conventional oil from the Delo line, Chevron Lubricants says it’s able to shore up its supply chain while also stabilizing prices to the end user.
Joining us on the 10-44 this week is Chevron Lubricants Senior Staff Engineer Shawn Whitacre, and he said Delo’s decision to offer only premium synthetic and synthetic blend products came from influences from both broader market forces and from evolving customer buying habits.
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Contents of this video
00:00 Conventional Delo engine oil
01:24 Breaking with convention
03:53 Synthetic and synthetic blend products
06:35 Delo product options
07:13 Chevron Lubricants’ Ursa brand
07:59 Benefits of a SynBlend product