Dupont,conoco and the biodegradable grease project: Using innovation to turn chemical by-products into a new product |
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| Institution: | 1. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Odyssea 1.03, Station 5, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland;2. Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Stockholm Business School, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden;3. IMD, International Institute for Management Development, Chemin de Bellerive 23, 1003 Lausanne, Switzerland;1. Department of Psychology, Istanbul Ayvansaray University, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey;3. Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;1. Enzyme and Microbial Biochemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110016, India;2. Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, UP 211004, India;1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Campus de El Carmen, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain;2. CIQSO—Center for Research in Sustainable Chemistry, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain;3. Department of Chemistry, Campus de El Carmen, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain;4. Pro2TecS—Chemical Product and Process Technology Center, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain;1. University Paris-Est, Anses, Laboratory for Animal Health, Epidemiology Unit, Maisons-Alfort 94700, France;2. Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Cumbayá, Quito 150157, Ecuador |
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| Abstract: | Conoco manufactures lubricants and oils from petroleum and markets them to the mining, trasportation, recreation, construction and related industries. In the wake of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act, the company became concerned that certain customers would be obligated to discontinue the use of lubricants that contained chlorinated solvents. Specifically, Conoco realized that numerous state and local environmental quality standards were becoming stricter with respect to open gear lubricants dropping to the ground from the gears on large power shovels and drag lines used in mining and construction. Although these applications were often in avid regions, groundwater contamination was an issue in other regions. Therefore, if the company did not initiate the development of alternatives to current products, it might lose market share to competitor's products. Fortuitously, a new line of feedstocks came to the attention of Conoco in the form of a chemical by-product stream from a business unit of its parent company, DuPont. The two companies ultimately used this chemical by-product stream to develop a new product to solve the problem.In this case study, we describe a DuPont/Conoco effort to develop a more environmentally friendly niche lubrication product that could be used to mitigate certain heavy machinery environmental problems and create a more competitive slate of products to facilitate sales of an entire line of lubricants. Likewise we examine how Conoco employed part of a chemical by-product stream from another part of the company as feedstock for the new product. |
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