SINOPEC lubricants are now used on Taihang San and E'mei San , very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs) in Singapore, which means that Chinese marine lubricants have overcome the monopolies of foreign brands in this area and have made groundbreaking progress in applications. On Jan. 22 in the E'mei Naming Ceremony by Singapore Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Limited, the ship-owners spoke highly of the premier quality and service of SINOPEC lubricants.

Mr. Lin Zhiming, the director and general manager of Singapore Tankers Pte Ltd expressed his confidence in SINOPEC in an interview. He said: "Since SINOPEC is a big corporation with a strong presence in the aerospace field, we trust the quality of its products. Our confidence also comes from SINOPEC's efforts to build its networks in recent years. Wish SINOPEC Lubricants more great success in globalization".

Known as "Sea Behemoths", VLCCs are even larger than Nimitz, the largest U.S. aircraft carrier with a 110,000 tons displacement and as long as 1,100 feet. Taihang San and E'mei San VLCCs are equipped with MAN 6S 90MC-C, the most advanced hosting machines in the world. They each have a payload of 318,000 tons and their machinery has adopted state-of-the-art technologies.

With its rapid development in the marine oil market in recent years, SINOPEC has formed a full line of quality marine lubricant products such as marine cylinder oil, marine system oil, marine diesel engine oil with medium speed and cylindrical piston etc. In addition, the marine system oils coded 3008, 4008 and 3008S and marine cylinder oils coded 5070 and 5070S have get the approval from MAN B&W by field test. In addition to the good cooperation relationship with top four shipping enterprises in China, SINOPEC acts vigorously in globalizing its marine oil. It has established sales outlets at the ports of Dalian, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Nanjing, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, Xiamen, and Hong Kong in China, as well as Singapore and Fujairah to provide SINOPEC lubricants and services.