SECTOR FOCUS: BIODEGRADABLE LUBRICANTS


Climate policies are reshaping the Base Oil landscape


Jeffrey Brown, Founder, President and CEO, Novvi LLC and Luyen Vo, Senior Manager, Global Technical Sales & Business Development, Chevron Base Oils


Europe’s Green Deal may be the most ambitious climate policy in the world. It sets targets for carbon emissions and enhanced forests, farming, green transport, recycling and renewable energy. Significantly, it is backed by a proposed climate law that converts policy rhetoric into a legal obligation.


According to the 2019 Eurobarometer survey published by the European Commission, 93% of Europeans see climate change as a serious problem.


Climate assessment tools, such as Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curves and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provide insights on decarbonisation opportunities. MAC curves evaluate Green House Gas (GHG) emission volume impact vs cost to implement


reduction showing users how to get the greatest decarbonisation per Euro spent.


LCA quantifies the overall GHG impacts of a product or service through its lifetime. Referred to as a cradle to grave assessment, it evaluates the environmental impacts from raw material extraction and processing (cradle), through manufacture, distribution, use, recycling and final disposal (grave) for a product.


As decarbonisation mandates tighten, and producers want to improve their LCA, demand will grow for lubricants that are from sustainable feeds, and out-perform fossil fuel derived alternatives. Decarbonisation is creating both challenges and opportunities for Base Oil producers and their customers. Continued on page 18


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