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Replacing Petroleum with 

 Renewable Crop Oil 



Watch for it soon in your engine and 

 transmission oils — new, high- 

 performance lubricants routinely 

 made from renewable crop oils rather than 

 from imported petroleum. Once this higher- 

 priced alternative turns into commercial real- 

 ity for the ordinary motorist, the results 

 should mclude not only smoother-running 

 engines but environmental benefits ranging 

 from cleaner air and water to more sustain- 

 able farming practices. 



American industry's switch from 

 depending on non-renewable, imported 

 petroleum to using renewable U.S. crop oils 

 to make everything from lubricants to steel- 

 strength plastics is already happening. This 

 process could be accelerated significantly if a 

 project championed by International 

 Lubricants Inc. of Seattle, Washington, is 

 successful. 



"Bio-friendly" crop oils are in use 

 today thanks to environmental regulations 

 creating a small, but promising, market. 

 These liigher-cost oils are required in applica- 

 tions such as hydraulic fluids for use in 

 earth-moving equipment operating around 

 dams and other locations where surface- or 

 groundwater could be contaminated by 

 petroleum oils. As environmental concerns 

 grow, more rapidly biodegradable crop oils 

 are expected to be required for many other 

 uses. 



To help ensure that competitively priced 

 crop-based oils are available to satisfy increas- 

 ing market demand, the Alternative 

 Agricultural Research and Commercialization 

 (AARC) Center, a branch of the U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture, is investing 

 S480,000 this year in an International 

 Lubricants project designed to turn rapeseed 

 oil into a major industrial feedstock. 



International Lubricants itself is investing S230,000 and other partners uill invest 5260,000 as part of the 

 AARC-supported rapeseed project. The project's goal is to develop efficient procedures for turning rape- 

 seed oil into a low-molecular-vveight telomcr that would have wide applications as the raw material for 

 manufacturing lubricants and new industrial products such as high-strength nylon 1313. 



International Lubricants Inc., WA 



Sponsor's Contact: Frank L, Erjckson. (206) 762-5343 

 Raw Material: Rapeseed Oil or Crambe Oil - 



New Crop 

 Product: Lubricants 



AARC: $480,000 



Cooperators Contributions (est.): $490,000 



USDA-AARC CENTER • 12th & C St. S.W. • Washington, DC 20250 

 Telephone: (202) 401-4860 • Fax: (202) 401-6068 



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