New Shell Website Focuses on PC11 Diesel Engine Oils

Shell Rotella has launched a new website called WhatisPC11.com that focuses on the next generation of diesel engine oils, known as API Proposed Category 11 (PC-11).

According Shell, the company created the site as a “resource for topics such as the fundamentals of PC-11, impending changes, testing updates, and how it is expected to affect new, current and older engines when the category replaces API CJ-4 engine oils by 2017.”

Unlike past categories that are backward compatible with the previous category, the new category will have two subcategories, one that is backward compatible to older engines and one that will work with upcoming engine designs.

The new API PC-11 category is being driven by changes in engine technology to meet emissions, renewable fuel and fuel economy standards for reduced CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions.

When the new PC-11 is first licensable, it will have been almost 10 years since the current category was introduced.

Category: Fuel & Oil, General Update