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China, which is now the
largest lubricant market
in the world, accounts for
44% of the Asian market.
U.S.-based consulting
firm Kline & Co. predicts
a compounded annual
growth rate (CAGR) of
1.9% in Chinese lubricant
demand in the 2014-
2024 timeframe, which
outstrips current global
lubricant demand growth
of less than 1.0%.
Shell has continued
to invest significantly
in China because of its
unwavering confidence
in the Chinese lubricant
market, said James Shen,
China/Hong Kong cluster
general manager for Shell
Lubricants. This, despite
the recent slowdown in
如今，中国是全球最大的润
滑油消费市场，其润滑油需求
量占亚洲市场总需求量的44%。
总部位于美国的咨询公司Kline
& Company预测，2014年到
2024年，中国市场对润滑油的
需求量复合年均增长率为1.9%，
高于全球润滑油市场需求量年
均增长率将近1.0%。
壳牌润滑油业务中国大陆及
香港地区总经理沈坚表示，虽
然当今中国经济增速放缓，影
响了润滑油市场需求，但壳牌
对中国润滑油市场充满信心，
在中国市场持续大幅投资。
“壳牌是中国第三大润滑油
供应商，仅次于中石油与中
石化，壳牌也是中国润滑油市
场最大的国际供应商。”沈坚
说，“中国是我们全球最重要的
战略市场，近年来，我们正持
续投资中国市场。”
壳牌润滑油重心移向中国
作为全球最大的润滑油供应商，荷兰皇家壳牌石油公司正将目光转向中国。
Shell Lubricant turns focus toChina
Royal Dutch Shell, the number one global supplier of lubricants in terms of volume, is shifting its
focus to China.
BY ALFRED WONG
From left to right at the opening ceremony: Hilary Struthers, Shell General Manager for Lubricants Supply Chain Performance
& Development; Wang Jun Ming, General Manager for the Nan Gang Development Co.; Dennis Cheong, Shell Vice President for
Lubricants Supply Chain; Xu Hon Xing, Director TEDA (Nan Gang); Mark Gainsborough, Shell Executive Vice President Global
Commercial; Cheong Kin-Seng, Shell General Manager Lubricants Supply Chain Asia Pacific; and James Shen, Shell Cluster General
Manager for Lubricants China/Hong Kong.
