All Shell Gasolines Meet 'Top Tier' Gasoline Standard Introduced By BMW, General Motors, Honda and Toyota

All Shell Gasolines Meet 'Top Tier' Gasoline Standard Introduced
By BMW, General Motors, Honda and Toyota 


HOUSTON, Dec. 15  /PRNewswire/ -- While the majority of gasolines on the market
today contain only the minimum amount of cleaning agents required by government
standards, some companies say that isn't enough.  According to Shell, gasoline
meeting only minimum requirements can leave harmful deposits on engine parts. 
Additionally, four leading automakers, BMW, General Motors, Honda and Toyota,
are so concerned with declining gasoline quality, that they recently introduced
a higher standard called "Top Tier Detergent Gasoline." Shell announced today
that its Regular, Plus and Shell V-Power(R) premium- grade gasolines all meet
the "Top Tier Detergent Gasoline" standard.

"We've felt for a long time that the minimum detergency level set by EPA was
not adequate for many fuels on the market," said Andrew Buczynsky, fuels
engineer at General Motors.

Because gasoline can vary in quality from one brand to another, the four
automakers created the "Top Tier Detergent Gasoline" standard to help keep
vehicle engines cleaner and reduce deposit-related problems.  The new standard
surpasses the minimum requirements for gasoline detergent additives set by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and in order for a gasoline brand to
promote "Top Tier" status, all gasolines sold must meet the "Top Tier"
standard.

Shell agrees cleaning agents are important and the company's research shows
that fuels with more cleaning agents can remove deposits left behind by low
detergency gasolines.  And, according to the automakers that developed the "Top
Tier" standard, clean engines help vehicles achieve optimal performance as well
as reduced emissions.

Shell regular and Plus gasolines, which meet the "Top Tier" standard, also
contain more than two times the amount of cleaning agents required by the EPA.
Shell V-Power goes even further -- it has more than five times the minimum
amount of cleaning agents required by government standards and twice the
cleaning agents required by the "Top Tier" standard.  While the "Top Tier"
standard is designed to protect engines from the future build-up of carbon
deposits, Shell V-Power is specifically formulated to actively clean your
engine as you drive giving it the ability to clean-up deposits that have
already built up on intake valves and fuel injectors.

"Shell has a long history of offering consumers high-detergency gasolines and
has invested years of research and development into creating high-quality
fuels," said Brooks Herring, brand and strategy manager for Shell Oil Products
US.  "Gasoline quality can vary from one brand to another and choosing the
right gasoline for your car is very important.  Shell has been delivering
quality fuels to motorists for nearly 100 years and we hope the new 'Top Tier'
standard will help consumers better understand the importance of buying high-
quality fuels with additional cleaning power."

For more information on Shell V-Power gasoline please log on to
http://www.shellvpower.com/ .  For more information on the "Top Tier Detergent
Gasoline" initiative, please visit
http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/environment/fuel_economy_emissions/emissio
ns/detergent_092704.html .

Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company, is a leader in the
refining, transportation and marketing of fuels, and has a network of nearly
7,000 branded gasoline stations in the Western United States.  Shell Oil
Company is a 50 percent owner of Motiva Enterprises LLC, along with Saudi
Refining, Inc., which refines and markets branded products through more than
10,000 stations in the Eastern and Southern United States.  Shell Oil Company
is an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (NYSE:RDNYSE:SC).
For more information, please visit http://www.shell.com/ 

DATASOURCE: Shell Oil Products US



CONTACT:  Rick Jennings of GCI Los Angeles, [phone], for Shell

Oil Products US; or Shell Media Line, [phone], or Anne Peebles,

[phone], both of Shell Oil Products US



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