A newly developed lubricant is helping operators save costs, by delivering improved fuel savings, that have been independently proven out in the field.
A patent pending product, G Lubricant was created by Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG) – and released to the market following years of testing.
GMG was started by the company’s CEO Craig Nicol nine years ago. He is an engineer with over 20 years of experience in delivering large scale innovation including leading multi-billion-dollar gas and LNG value chains in Australia and Asia Pacific and managing sales and marketing teams across Asia Pacific working for Shell International.
GMG is a clean-technology company that has developed and proven its own proprietary production process to manufacture Graphene powder from natural gas, at its Brisbane headquarters. This process produces high quality, low cost, and contaminant-free graphene.
G Lubricant is a graphene liquid concentrate that can be added to any mineral or synthetic oil used in an internal combustion engine – including both petrol and diesel.
G Lubricant has been shown to increase fuel efficiency by up to 10 per cent.
Graphene is known for its heat and lubrication properties. “What we see with graphene is its ability to move heat and lubricate – it is the highest conductor of heat in the world of any material and is one of the best materials for lubrications there is,” explained Craig.
Before releasing the product to market in February, GMG spent four years conducting environmentally controlled testing of G Lubricant in internal combustion engines, which was monitored and verified by the University of Queensland. Furthermore, similar fuel savings have been realised by customers over a number of years of in-field testing.
“An 8.4 per cent reduction in fuel usage is quite high,” said Craig. “If you apply that to a long haul truck for a year, that’s a fuel saving of about $8000 per truck, per year, so it’s quite significant.
“This product is the result of eight years of development and testing, and we’re continually looking to improve our product even further.”
Testing has also shown reduced friction, leading to less wear on engine parts; extreme pressure protection; up to 26 per cent reduced particulate matter; and up to a 27 per cent reduction of harmful NOx emissions.
As your engine heats up under load, normal oil thins out. But graphene keeps oil viscosity stable even under extreme conditions. It literally fills in microscopic wear scars in your engine, creating a smoother surface – and that’s what leads to the reduction in friction.
Craig says that for every dollar spent on G Lubricant, drivers can save up to $10 in fuel – that’s in addition to extended service intervals and reduced engine wear.
As one user put it: “Whilst marketed as a fuel saving additive, one of the biggest benefits from an additive like Graphene is engine wear protection,” said Adam.
“A test done on a 2020 Mitsubishi Triton 2.4L with untreated oil after a few days of no use, start-ups were noisy, lots of top end rattles before start up due to dry starting.
“After adding Graphene additive, dry start rattles completely disappeared, regardless of days left unused, proving that the Graphene additive itself coats moving parts and reduces dry start wear.”
One 500ml bottle of G Lubricant mixes into 50 litres of oil. Therefore the amount of graphene in the final lubricant product once the G Lubricant is mixed in is only ~ 1:10,000, with the balance of the concentrate consisting of lubricating base oil. As a result, G Lubricant can be used safely in any internal combustion engine.
G Lubricant is available in 500ml bottles (treats 50L of oil) or packs of 8x50ml bottles and can be purchased at g-lubricant.com.