Mobil 1 shortage
11-23-2008, 11:23 AM
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My local Walmart is OOS for most all Mobil1 apparently due to production shortages from the hurricanes. Supply seems to be spotty...look around...and maybe stock up if you're going to need some in the near future.
11-24-2008, 09:35 AM
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Our Wal-mart has been out of 5w30 for over a month and you can only buy 2 of the 5q bottles at a time. Fortunate for me I don't need to change the oil in the Vette over winter.
11-24-2008, 11:10 AM
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Read somewhere that the Mobil-1 plant in Galveston was underwater from th eflooding and they could not pump oil stock from their tanks to fill containers as the pumps were under water.
It could be that some distirbutors had just received stocks before the hurricanes and they would have sufficient stock to send out to retail stores. Wally World has warehouses all over so some of those places could have lots of stock, and some warehouses may have been low when the hurricanes hit.
Our local Costco always had a couple pallets of the 5W-3 and 10W-30 6-pack boxes in stock.
It could be that some distirbutors had just received stocks before the hurricanes and they would have sufficient stock to send out to retail stores. Wally World has warehouses all over so some of those places could have lots of stock, and some warehouses may have been low when the hurricanes hit.
Our local Costco always had a couple pallets of the 5W-3 and 10W-30 6-pack boxes in stock.
11-24-2008, 11:32 AM
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It was Ike (recent) not Katrina that damaged the plant. My local (SoCAL) wally was out of stock, but my Costco had it in pallets, so go figure. Probably the distribution & warehousing are different models for the 2 companies.
I always keep a 6 pack extra on hand, it goes on sale from time to time.
In a pinch use Redline or Amsoil wgt of your preference.
I always keep a 6 pack extra on hand, it goes on sale from time to time.
In a pinch use Redline or Amsoil wgt of your preference.
11-24-2008, 03:56 PM
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Yes it is true. Ike shut down ExxonMobil's facility in Beaumont and ExxonMobil put Mobil 1 on allocation to its distributors. 5w30 was the hardest hit viscosity. That said, last week, they partially lifted the allocations.
Here is the details from Lubes n' Greases:
11/18/08
"ExMo Eases PAO Allocations
By George Gill
ExxonMobil will increase the sales allocations on some polyalphaolefin-formulated automotive and industrial lubricants effective Dec. 1, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.
Sales allocations went into effect Oct. 1 on a variety of Mobil 1 synthetic lubricants due to the continued shutdown of the Beaumont, Texas, ExxonMobil Chemical PAO plant. The plant is expected to resume operations at year’s end.
“ExxonMobil Chemical has made use of their global supply capabilities to give its Beaumont-supplied customers, including ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties, access to increased amounts of certain low viscosity PAO base stocks,” ExxonMobil spokeswoman Prem Nair told Lube Report. “As such, for orders placed on or after Dec. 1, ExxonMobil Lubes and Specialties is in a position to significantly increase the allocation percentage for certain automotive and industrial lubricants.”
Nair said ExxonMobil will supply Mobil 1 automotive lubricants containing PAO base stocks – including 10W-30, 0W-20, 0W-30, 5W-20 and Truck and SUV 5W-30 – to customers “at historic purchase levels pre-dating the recent PAO supply disruption. Other items such as Mobil 1 5W-30 and Delvac 1 5W-40 will be supplied at significantly increased levels.”
According to the company’s earlier advisory letter to customers about the Oct. 1 sales allocations, Mobil 1 5W-30 had one of the tightest allocations in effect at 20 percent, while 0W-20, 0W-30, 5W-20, and Truck and SUV 5W-30 were each at 25 percent. The Mobile 1 10W-30 was at 65 percent allocation.
The company will also remove from the sales control previously implemented package constraints on certain automotive lubricants, Nair continued. The company will increase the allocation percentage on several Mobil SHC industrial lubricants: SHC 500 Series, SHC 800 Series, Rarus SHC 1020 Series, Pegasus 1 and Gargoyle Arctic SHC 200 series, including the NH 68 grade."
The original article:
10/28/08
"PAO Shortage Squeezes Mobil 1
By George Gill
The continued shutdown of the ExxonMobil Chemical polyalphaolefin (PAO) plant in Beaumont, Texas, has forced ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties to institute a sales allocation on a variety of Mobil 1 synthetic lubricants, effective Oct. 1.
“On Sept. 15, ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties was notified by our primary polyalphaolefin supplier, ExxonMobil Chemical, that Hurricane Ike had caused significant disruption to production capabilities at their Beaumont, Texas, plant, and to the ability of their suppliers to make deliveries of critical raw materials and services to the site,” the company told customers in a letter obtained by Lube Report. As a result, ExxonMobil Chemical implemented an allocation on sales of PAO base stocks to customers including ExxonMobil itself. “This allocation is expected to last several months,” the letter stated.
According to Lubes’n’Greases magazine, the Beaumont facility is one of the world’s largest PAO plants, with capacity to make 82,000 metric tons per year.
ExxonMobil spokesman Kevin Allexon confirmed yesterday that the PAO plant remains shut down due to the hurricane damage. “We have folks working on the repairs, we’re making good progress, but there’s no timetable for how much longer it will be,” Allexon told Lube Report.
According to the advisory letter, customer liftings are restricted to 100 percent of prior purchases on products such as Mobil 1 SAE 0W-40, 5W-40 and 15W-50 engine oils; on Delvac Synthetic ATF; Mobil 1 High Mileage 10W-30 and 10W-40; and Extended Performance 5W-20, 10W-30 and 15W-50 motor oils. Also at 100 percent allocation is Mobil 1 ESP 5W-30.
There is a 65 percent allocation on the brand’s SAE 10W-30, and the allocations drop even further for Mobil 1 0W-20, 0W-30 and 5W-20 oils, to 25 percent. Truck and SUV 5W-30 is also at 25 percent allocation. The tightest allocations are those in force for Mobil 1 5W-30 (20 percent) and EP 5W-30 (15 percent).
In the letter, ExxonMobil explains that a product on 100 percent allocation means a customer can continue to purchase it at the customer’s average 2008 purchase levels. Volumes for the allocation are based on a customer's average monthly purchases from January to August 2008.
A Midwestern distributor that buys several truckloads of Mobil 1 synthetics a year said it had seen a lengthy delay in receiving shipments. “We placed orders back in late July and August, and we were told if we were lucky, we might see it in December,” the source told Lube Report. “It’s affecting our customers. The good thing for us is we do have other alternative brands. Somebody who's just a Mobil guy can run into problems when they don't have any synthetic alternatives.”
A Southern distributor said the PAO shortage in the market in general is impacting more than just Mobil 1. “With PAOs in general, that supply was messed up before Ike – all that did was further mess it up,” this source said. “The PAO shortage is not just confined to Mobil 1, it’s confined also to any kind of industrial oil that’s made with PAOs.”
Here is the details from Lubes n' Greases:
11/18/08
"ExMo Eases PAO Allocations
By George Gill
ExxonMobil will increase the sales allocations on some polyalphaolefin-formulated automotive and industrial lubricants effective Dec. 1, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.
Sales allocations went into effect Oct. 1 on a variety of Mobil 1 synthetic lubricants due to the continued shutdown of the Beaumont, Texas, ExxonMobil Chemical PAO plant. The plant is expected to resume operations at year’s end.
“ExxonMobil Chemical has made use of their global supply capabilities to give its Beaumont-supplied customers, including ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties, access to increased amounts of certain low viscosity PAO base stocks,” ExxonMobil spokeswoman Prem Nair told Lube Report. “As such, for orders placed on or after Dec. 1, ExxonMobil Lubes and Specialties is in a position to significantly increase the allocation percentage for certain automotive and industrial lubricants.”
Nair said ExxonMobil will supply Mobil 1 automotive lubricants containing PAO base stocks – including 10W-30, 0W-20, 0W-30, 5W-20 and Truck and SUV 5W-30 – to customers “at historic purchase levels pre-dating the recent PAO supply disruption. Other items such as Mobil 1 5W-30 and Delvac 1 5W-40 will be supplied at significantly increased levels.”
According to the company’s earlier advisory letter to customers about the Oct. 1 sales allocations, Mobil 1 5W-30 had one of the tightest allocations in effect at 20 percent, while 0W-20, 0W-30, 5W-20, and Truck and SUV 5W-30 were each at 25 percent. The Mobile 1 10W-30 was at 65 percent allocation.
The company will also remove from the sales control previously implemented package constraints on certain automotive lubricants, Nair continued. The company will increase the allocation percentage on several Mobil SHC industrial lubricants: SHC 500 Series, SHC 800 Series, Rarus SHC 1020 Series, Pegasus 1 and Gargoyle Arctic SHC 200 series, including the NH 68 grade."
The original article:
10/28/08
"PAO Shortage Squeezes Mobil 1
By George Gill
The continued shutdown of the ExxonMobil Chemical polyalphaolefin (PAO) plant in Beaumont, Texas, has forced ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties to institute a sales allocation on a variety of Mobil 1 synthetic lubricants, effective Oct. 1.
“On Sept. 15, ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties was notified by our primary polyalphaolefin supplier, ExxonMobil Chemical, that Hurricane Ike had caused significant disruption to production capabilities at their Beaumont, Texas, plant, and to the ability of their suppliers to make deliveries of critical raw materials and services to the site,” the company told customers in a letter obtained by Lube Report. As a result, ExxonMobil Chemical implemented an allocation on sales of PAO base stocks to customers including ExxonMobil itself. “This allocation is expected to last several months,” the letter stated.
According to Lubes’n’Greases magazine, the Beaumont facility is one of the world’s largest PAO plants, with capacity to make 82,000 metric tons per year.
ExxonMobil spokesman Kevin Allexon confirmed yesterday that the PAO plant remains shut down due to the hurricane damage. “We have folks working on the repairs, we’re making good progress, but there’s no timetable for how much longer it will be,” Allexon told Lube Report.
According to the advisory letter, customer liftings are restricted to 100 percent of prior purchases on products such as Mobil 1 SAE 0W-40, 5W-40 and 15W-50 engine oils; on Delvac Synthetic ATF; Mobil 1 High Mileage 10W-30 and 10W-40; and Extended Performance 5W-20, 10W-30 and 15W-50 motor oils. Also at 100 percent allocation is Mobil 1 ESP 5W-30.
There is a 65 percent allocation on the brand’s SAE 10W-30, and the allocations drop even further for Mobil 1 0W-20, 0W-30 and 5W-20 oils, to 25 percent. Truck and SUV 5W-30 is also at 25 percent allocation. The tightest allocations are those in force for Mobil 1 5W-30 (20 percent) and EP 5W-30 (15 percent).
In the letter, ExxonMobil explains that a product on 100 percent allocation means a customer can continue to purchase it at the customer’s average 2008 purchase levels. Volumes for the allocation are based on a customer's average monthly purchases from January to August 2008.
A Midwestern distributor that buys several truckloads of Mobil 1 synthetics a year said it had seen a lengthy delay in receiving shipments. “We placed orders back in late July and August, and we were told if we were lucky, we might see it in December,” the source told Lube Report. “It’s affecting our customers. The good thing for us is we do have other alternative brands. Somebody who's just a Mobil guy can run into problems when they don't have any synthetic alternatives.”
A Southern distributor said the PAO shortage in the market in general is impacting more than just Mobil 1. “With PAOs in general, that supply was messed up before Ike – all that did was further mess it up,” this source said. “The PAO shortage is not just confined to Mobil 1, it’s confined also to any kind of industrial oil that’s made with PAOs.”
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