Purchasing Motor Oil in Bulk

When purchasing motor oil by the drum, it’s important to be aware of a few key factors. First, recognize that as with most items purchased in bulk, it is possible to receive a discount when purchasing bulk oil. However, you wouldn’t want to purchase oil in bulk unless you intend to use it; oil drums are difficult to store (they’re heavy and unwieldy). Another common misconception about purchasing oil in bulk is in regards to purchasing online; often customers think that shipping on an oil drum will be extremely expensive and not worth it. However, depending on where you’re ordering your oil drum from, it can be in the moderate price range of about $30-40 for shipping. Since you’re probably spending a few hundred on the drum itself, if you have use for this much oil and find a good deal, it’s probably worth it.

You can purchase oil in drums from the manufacturers, or from various vendors at their physical stores, or online.

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Potential Dangers of an Oil Spill

It’s a near catastrophic event when marine life are affected by an oil spill. Both mineral and synthetic oils are harmful to the marine environment because they can coat marine animals with the sticky oil substance, hindering their movement and respiration, and also an oil spill blocks sunlight from entering the water, and can harm photosynthetic life like plants and algae. When an oil spill occurs, it can take weeks or even months of effort to remove the oil from the water, and years to repair the damage to marine life that results from an oil spill. Bulk motor oil spills are particularly dangerous, though small oil spills have the same effect on a smaller scale.

Whether you’re driving a twenty foot watercraft or a commercial supertanker, taking precautions to prevent oil leakage from both the engine or in some cases the cargo will prevent significant damage to aquatic life.

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Benefits of Purchasing Bulk Oil

When you own an outboard motor, or any kind of engine, your motor will require regular oil changes to keep it in top condition. Most outboard motor owners will change the oil themselves, and instead of purchasing new oil in individual containers before each change, it is wise to stock up on bulk outboard motor oil when it is available at a much lower cost. This will save time and money, and often you will find bulk oil for sale at a bargain price; allowing for several future oil changes. If you intend to use your outboard for a long time, there is no reason not to purchase in bulk.

Bulk outboard motor oil is available for purchase online, and the internet can also be used as a tool to locate local dealers that sell oil in bulk at their physical store.

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Vegetable-Based Motor Oil

bulk motor oil With the whole world going green, scientists have been hard at work developing synthetic forms of oil. One such oil scientists have been working on for some time is a vegetable oil similar to the stuff many people used to cook their food. This vegetable based chemical oil promises a cleaner more renewable alternative to petroleum-based motor oil. In addition, it is possible that this oil could be produced cheaper, and offer a number of performance enhancing benefits such as preventing engines from overheating, protection from corrosion, and better lubrication.

Though bulk motor oil from vegetables is not viable for the near future, it is possible that in as little as five years there will be more options available.

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Proper Disposal of Oil

When changing the oil in your car, motorcycle, outboard motor, or any kind of engine, it is important that the used oil is disposed of properly. The oil from a single oil change can ruin the taste and quality of a million gallons of drinking water; enough to supply more than fifty people for a year. Whenever changing oil, make sure to drain the used oil into a container. There are special containers designed for oil changes that can make this process easier. Once you have changed the oil several times, you can empty the container for free at several locations. Hardware stores commonly accept used oil, as do boatyards, and automobile repair shops.

For bulk oil, you may have to call around looking for a recycling plant or other location capable of accepting large quantities of used oil.

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Will boating survive the economy collapse?

bulk oil In such an uncertain economy, the thought of buying or maintaining a boat – an expensive endeavor – may seem a little outlandish. Boat sales are down substantially as the price of materials and oil steadily rise. According to the National Marine Manufacturer’s Association, 2007 new boat sales totaled $14.4 billion, a five percent decrease from 2006. Boat manufacturers are struggling to find technologies that will decrease prices and draw in customers.

But despite the sagging economy and skyrocketing prices, sales of outboard motors have been holding on steadily. Due to advances in fuel efficiency and emissions reductions, particularly through an emphasis on four-stroke technologies, outboard motors have been carving their niche in the unsteady world of boat sales. Those looking to buy a new boat, or those who just want to keep theirs in good shape, should go the route of the outboard motor, and invest in a case of bulk oil before prices can get any higher. The economy may get worse before it gets better, but at least boat enthusiasts can find some hope.

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What is an Ultralight Boat?

An ultralight boat, or flying boat, is a hang glider wing mounted on a small inflatable boat with an outboard engine. The hull is made to meet rescue boat standards, the hull is designed for crosswind landings, and there is the capability to connect a parachute for emergency purposes. In the United States, it is not necessary to hold a pilot’s license to fly a boat of this nature, but there are industry groups who regulate their operation, such as the United States Ultralight Association (USUA). There are different ratings that have to be earned to drive a craft such as this, such as that of a Basic Flight Instructor (BFI). If you live outside the United States, you need to check with local air authorities for the most current regulations being enforced in your area.

There are many rules governing the flying of ultralight boats. If you are outside the U.S., you will need to check with local air authorities for your area. Inside the U.S., your craft cannot be rented out for profit, and it is unlawful to have a passenger aboard unless you are a rated instructor training a student. (Aerosports Connections has a website that may be able to provide more information on student training guidelines.) In the U.S., an ultralight boat may be flown in areas that meet requirements for ultralight aircraft, largely non-congested areas that are located in uncontrolled airspace. You may not fly near airports, nuclear plants, military bases, or cities, and you are not permitted to land your ultralight boat in state or national parks. It is also not generally a good idea to land on private lakes. The maximum cruising level for an ultralight boat in the United States is 8,000 feet, but many say 1,000 feet is an optimum altitude-trees can be cleared, but visibility is clear at this level, weather permitting. You must land and take off on water, and there needs to be about 200 feet of free water to take off or land and it should be an absolute minimum of six feet deep.In terms of ultralight boat safety, the best practice is to maintain the craft-keeping plenty of bulk outboard motor oil on hand–and respect the weather!

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Biggest One-Day Oil Price Jump in History

Source: AP/Yahoo! News
September 22, 2008

Oil prices jumped more than $25 a barrel Monday – the biggest one-day price jump ever – as anxiety over the U. S. government’s $700 billion bailout plan and the weak American dollar continues. Crude oil for October delivery jumped as much as $25.45 to $130 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange before falling back to settle at $120.92, up $16.37. Crude oil’s previous one-day price jump of $10.75 a barrel, set June 6 of this year, showed the intensity of emotion in the stock market. The Nymex temporarily halted electronic crude oil trading after prices breached the $10 daily trading limit. (Trading resumed seconds later after the daily limit was increased.) The November crude contract, which became the front-month contract at the end of Monday’s session, was trading at $108.69, up $5.94, still a sharp gain. Crude oil prices have gained about $30 a barrel in a dramatic four-day rally. At this rate, crude is within striking distance of its all-time record of $147.27, reached in July.

Oil’s sharp gains came as energy traders grappled with the implications of the government’s proposed $700 billion initiative to stem the U.S. financial crisis by absorbing billions of dollars of banks’ bad mortgage-related securities. Anxiety over the plan also sent stocks sharply lower Monday; the credit markets were calmer than they were last week, but still showing the effects of investors’ nervousness. There is still a great deal of uncertainty about what long-term impact the U.S. rescue plan will have on energy demand. Oil’s peak prices in July and a weak U.S. economy has forced Americans to cut back on their driving and recreational use of bulk motor oil, also leading business to scale down operations.

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Hurricane Ike Takes its Toll on US Oil Prices

oil production Just as consumers were starting to breathe easier, gas prices took a huge hit as Hurricane Ike slammed into the Gulf Coast over the weekend. Areas hardest-hit by the sudden and steep increase included Michigan, a state already riddled with economic hardships in Detroit.

Statewide gas price averages in Michigan are now $4.17, which is $1.17 higher than they were a year ago, and 33 cents higher than the current national average. Hurricane Ike’s wake left 10 offshore oil platforms destroyed, and 13 refineries were idled in the state of Texas. Those refineries amount to roughly 21 percent of the nation’s total, and a significant overall chunk of domestic bulk oil production.

However, this spike in gas prices is expected to be very short-term, as the price of oil is on a continuous decline. The price of crude oil was trading at $96.80 this morning, down more than $45 from its pinnacle price in July.

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Is Ethanol Cleaner Than Traditional Gas?

Q: What are the exhaust emissions of straight gasoline, and how do they compare to those from gas with ethanol?

A: Ethanol is being used to reduce the amounts of tailpipe emissions and therefore plays a role in controlling air pollution. And though ethanol is being promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency as a cleaner-burning fuel choice, its actual impact on the environment is still largely unknown.

Gasoline containing as low as 10 percent ethanol can drop fuel mileage in cars, and can also harm engines that use two-cycle oil, such as chainsaws and weed-whackers.

However, evidence shows that ethanol evaporates more rapidly than gasoline, thus making it more volatile. The result of this chemical reaction is an increase in compounds that lead to the formation of smog, among other things.

Still, scientists disagree on the clean-burning effects of ethanol. Even the process of turning corn into ethanol takes energy that releases carbon monoxide into the atmosphere, even after the EPA ordered factories to install pollution-control equipment in 2002.

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Crude Prices Show Steep Decline

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the price of oil took another hit today, stemmed by weakening demand and declining inventories.

A huge factor in this sudden drop-off is of course Hurricane Gustav’s impact on the Gulf Coast, home of 26 percent of the nation’s bulk oil production, and is further complicated with the imminent threat of Hurricane Ike. Ike is headed toward Texas now, and poses a danger to refineries in the Corpus Christi area.

Currently, oil prices are trading at their lowest price in five months, and look to fall below $100 a barrel in the foreseeable future. Experts remain divided on what this will mean for what long-term effects the market will suffer, but reports continue to show a sharp decline in demand for oil.

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How Do You Dispose of Used Oil?

If all the used oil from people in the United States alone who changed their own oil were re-used and recycled, there would be enough motor oil from that population alone to power 50 million automobiles each year. The used oil from just one oil change can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water-a year’s supply of drinking water for fifty people.

During normal use of marine engine oil, impurities such as dirt, toxic chemicals, and heavy metal scrapings can mix in with the oil, causing it not to perform as well as it once did. Used oil must be replaced periodically to help machines run their smoothest. Used motor oil is slow to degrade, adheres to everything from bird feathers to beach sand, and is a major contaminant in waterways and is a potential pollutant of drinking water sources. On average, 4 million people reuse motor oil for other equipment or take it to a facility with recycling capabilities. Used motor oil from automobiles, motorcycles, farm equipment, and landscaping equipment, as well as boats, can be recycled. Recycled used motor oil can be reinvented as new oil, processed into fuel oils, and serve as raw materials for the petroleum industry. One gallon of used motor oil produces the same 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil can.

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