Lubrizol to provide cold weather additives for Greyrock Energy's synthetic diesel fuel

Greyrock Energy, Inc., with headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., has entered into an agreement for Lubrizol Corp. to supply cold weather diesel fuel additives for Greyrock’s groundbreaking, distributed natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) technologies. The additives will allow Greyrock to meet seasonal and regional specifications for diesel fuels sold and distributed in the continental United States.
“Our distributed natural gas-to-liquids platform produces a zero sulfur, high quality diesel fuel that significantly exceeds ASTM D975 standards in critical areas such as cetane, sulfur and lubricity,” explains Robert Schuetzle, Greyrock chief executive officer. “We are very excited about this partnership.”
As an R&D leader of advanced additive technologies, Wickliffe, Ohio-based Lubrizol helps customers bring differentiated fuels to the market. Through this engagement with Greyrock, Lubrizol is expanding its leadership into synthetic fuels produced from natural gas.
“Lubrizol expertise in cold flow technology will help enable year-round production and effectiveness of Greyrock’s new diesel fuel technology,” explains John Taracha, Lubrizol diesel additives product manager.
“This partnership will help contribute to the increased availability of domestic fuel production and provide for flexibility of its use during the critical winter season.”
“While we are very excited about our technology’s potential to cost-effectively produce diesel fuel directly from abundant and inexpensive natural gas from distributed resources, we are equally excited by the high performance of the Greyrock fuel,” continues Schuetzle. “And, Lubrizol will be integral in supporting improved performance of our fuel in cold weather operation.”
(June 24, 2013)