Technology Leadership
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P&T Lubricant Technology Leadership Film
Title: Lubricant Technology - Fine cut
Duration: 4:55 minutes
Description:
A short video that talks about different innovations by Shell Lubricants and their industry partners.
Lubricant Technology - Fine cut Transcript
[Background music plays]
Uplifting guitar music.
[Video footage]
A Shell Lubricant tanker truck drives on an open road with mountains in the background and desert in
the foreground. The screen splits to show two panels below the truck, with a lubricant being poured
and an aerial shot of an urban landscape at night.
[Text displays]
Shell Lubricants, keeping the world moving.
Selda Gunsel
Shell Lubricants is about keeping the world moving.
[Video footage]
Aerial view of a multi-level highway junction, sped up to show the traffic at night. Closeup of Selda
Gunsel walking near a corporate building. The screen splits to show two hands shaking, a closeup of
fluids being poured from one flask to another, and a car driving through a snowy landscape.
[Text displays]
Partnership, innovation, application.
Selda Gunsel
Through partnership, innovation and application.
[Video footage]
Closeup of Selda Gunsel.
Selda Gunsel
It's how Shell Lubricants works.
[Video footage]
View of Shell technology centre buildings, cut to closeup of Selda Gunsel walking through a corridor.
Selda Gunsel
Developing products our customers need to make their businesses work better.
[Video footage]
Split screen showing a closeup of Selda Gunsel, and Selda putting on a lab coat and safety goggles.
[Text displays]
Selda Gunsel, VP Fuels and Lubricants Technology, Shell
[Video footage]
Selda in a lab coat walks through a laboratory. Quick montage of a Shell tanker truck, heavy vehicles on
a construction site, a worker in a lab pouring liquid from one flask to another, closeup of liquids mixing
in a flask, close up of containers with labels for Shell e-fluids, closeup of an electric vehicle driving
through an urban landscape.
Selda Gunsel
From lubricants for heavy-duty machinery to targeted technical solutions
[Video footage]
Close up of Selda Gunsel in the lab.
Selda Gunsel
We innovate solutions for all our customers' needs.
[Video footage]
Sunrise over a misty landscape. A worker climbs into a heavy vehicle. Aerial shot of a misty landscape
at sunrise with industrial buildings. An agricultural vehicle drives through a field. Closeup of Rosella
Risso.
Rosella Risso
[Video footage]
Split screen showing two closeups of Rosella Risso and an agricultural tractor in a field.
[Text displays]
Rosella Risso, VP Agriculture, Global Parts and Service, CNH Industrial
[Video footage]
Closeup of Mark Jones.
Mark Jones
[Video footage]
Split screen showing two closeups of Mark Jones and the treads of a heavy vehicle.
[Text displays]
Mark Jones, Purchasing, Global Lubricants and Methane, CNH Industrial
[Video footage]
Aerial view of a tractor towing a baling machine. Closeup of Mark Jones.
Mark Jones
[Video footage]
Aerial view of farm machinery in a field. Closeup of Rosella Risso.
Rosella Risso
Three years ago, we recognised
[Video footage]
Closeup of fluid being poured from one flask to another. Closeup of Luca Borgarello.
Luca Borgarello
CNH decided to basically create a totally new specification for all their products.
[Video footage]
Split screen showing two closeups of Luca Borgarello and a closeup of fluids in a flask.
[Text displays]
Luca Borgarello, Account Manager Fuels and Lubricants, Shell
[Video footage]
Closeup of Luca Borgarello.
Luca Borgarello
[Video footage]
Closeup of Rosella Risso.
Rosella Risso
We were excited to see what Shell came up with.
[Video footage]
Closeup of lab worker pouring liquid from one flask to another. Closeup of liquid in a flask. Closeup of a
gloved hand turning a knob. Closeup of liquid in a flask. Closeup of Luca Borgarello.
Luca Borgarello
We tested our standard transmission oil in the laboratories, and we soon realised that we had to
develop a bespoke formulation.
[Video footage]
Shot of a Shell technology centre building. Closeup of Luca Borgarello. Closeup of lab worker pouring
liquid from one flask to another. Closeup of liquid in a flask. Closeup of Luca Borgarello.
Luca Borgarello
This is what our technology centres are designed for, to find solutions.
[Video footage]
Closeup of digger at work at a lakeside. Closeup of Rosella Risso. Shot of tractor towing a baling
machine in a field. Closeup of the bucket of a digger at work. Aerial shot of digger at work. Closeup of
Rosella Risso.
Rosella Risso
Shell lubricants were put through rigorous testing in the field, and it performed perfectly. It had to be
the perfect formula, since we are putting our brand on it.
[Video footage]
Split screen showing different shots of the same farm machinery in a field. Ground level shot of the
field with machinery working in it. Cut to Selda Gunsel walking down a corridor.
Selda Gunsel
[Video footage]
Two workers in a lab having a discussion. Closeup of Jason Brown. Quick montage of the five Shell
technology centres. Closeup of Jason Brown.
Jason Brown
Our five technology centres, Houston, Hamburg, Shanghai, Tokyo and Bangalore, are set up to
collaborate on an international scale.
[Video footage]
Split screen showing two closeups of Jason Brown, and a shot of him walking with a colleague in a
corridor.
[Text displays]
Jason Brown, GM Industry and Transport Technology, Shell
[Video footage]
Workers in a lab having a discussion. Quick montage of a Shell lorry, farm machinery at work, aerial
view of a quarry site, closeup of a digger, aerial shot of a multi-level highway junction.
Jason Brown
We develop for a broad spectrum of applications, from on-highway to off-highway, mining,
construction, transport in general.
[Video footage]
Closeup of Jason Brown.
Jason Brown
But that's not all we do. We also try to focus on new areas such as electrification or e-mobility.
[Video footage]
Aerial view of Kreisel plant. Closeup of Markus Kreisel.
Markus Kreisel
[Video footage]
Split screen showing two closeups of Markus Kreisel and a large battery hooked up to lab equipment.
[Text displays]
Markus Kreisel, Managing Director, Kreisel Electric
[Video footage]
Wide shot of a room full of batteries. Closeup of a Kreisel branded electric vehicle charge point.
Closeup of Markus Kreisel. Shot of worker at a computer with a diagram of a battery on the screen.
Markus Kreisel
[Video footage]
Shot of a room full of batteries. Closeup of Shell branded containers of thermal fluid. Closeup of fluid
being poured into a battery.
Markus Kreisel
[Video footage]
Closeup of Markus Kreisel.
Markus Kreisel
We approached Shell Lubricants to find a solution.
[Video footage]
Shot of the Shell technology centre in Hamburg.
Volker Null
[Video footage]
Split screen showing two closeups of Volker Null and one of him examining fluid in a flask.
[Text displays]
Volker Null, Technology Manager, Fuels and Lubricants, Shell
[Video footage]
Closeup of Volker Null. A lab worker places a flask into a lab machine. Closeup of the flask. The lab
worker adjusts the machine. Closeup of the machine. Closeup of a hand typing on a keypad. Closeup of
Volker Null.
Volker Null
More recently, we have started to develop e-fluids for battery, cooling and for e-motor cooling.
[Background music plays]
Upbeat tune with clapping and a strong beat
[Video footage]
Several views of Kreisel's rally car driving through a snowy landscape. Closeup of Markus Kreisel with
the car in a garage. Closeup of the car showing the Shell e-fluids logo. Shots of the car on the road and
parked in the snow. Closeup of a stack of batteries. Closeup of Markus Kreisel examining the batteries
and connecting a charger to the car.
Markus Kreisel
[Video footage]
Closeup of Markus Kreisel.
Markus Kreisel
Together with Shell Lubricants, we're driving towards a net-zero future.
[Video footage]
Split screen showing fluid being poured from one flask to another, a tractor in a field, and the Kreisel
car driving through a snowy forest. Cut to closeup of Selda Gunsel.
Selda Gunsel
It's an exciting time to be powering progress together with our partners.
[Video footage]
Split screen showing a closeup of each of the speakers, a lab with people collaborating and an interior
shot of a Shell technology centre.
[Text displays]
For more information, visit Shell.com/poweringprogress
[Audio]
Shell jingle.
[Graphic]
Shell logo.
[Text displays]
© Shell International Limited 2022
[Text displays]
Legal disclaimer.
How we keep the world moving.
The energy challenge facing us has never been greater. That’s why Shell is working to deliver lubrication and service solutions that don’t just meet the needs of businesses now, but in the future, too.
With technology centres in three continents, we’ve leveraged the know-how of hundreds of experts across the world to deliver products that help our customers’ machinery operate efficiently.
We keep the world moving through partnership, innovation and application, delivering lubricants for heavy duty machinery to targeted solutions for international markets, as well as battery e-fluids for electric vehicles.
We create new and bespoke lubricants capable of withstanding extreme temperatures including for CNH, the leading manufacturer of agricultural and construction machinery.
We also work with our partners to accelerate the energy transition and innovate to create new technologies in areas such as electrification and e-mobility.
We have a strategic alliance with Kreisel Electric which is creating next generation electric vehicle batteries to deliver industry-leading battery efficiency, fast-charging capabilities and superior safety and stability. The partnership is enabling us to take electric vehicle batteries to the next level.
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