Is Delco Bulk 5w30 actually Shell oil?

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I read somewhere on BITOG that Delco oil is actually Formula Shell. Is this true? And does this remain the case for bulk oil? Reason I ask is that we use Delco Bulk 5w30 at our shop, and while I've never thought about have a voa done, some observations I've noticed are:

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This bulk oil tends to either leak or burn faster in MY CAR than does most of the quart oil I've put in it. Quart oil has ranged from Amsoil to Super Tech to Maxlife to Havoline to whatever else is cheap. It seems that if I put our bulk oil in it, my oil spot in the driveway is substantially larger, and I have to add oil much more often than most of the other oil I've used.(My '96 Toyota 2200 leaks a decent amount of oil) At the moment, it has a mixture of Rotella 5w40 and Amsoil OE 5w30.

The oil tends to be really dark (I know that is not a fair evaluation of oil) when it comes out of the cars we drain, and also just smells pretty used.

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Could it be true that my observations on this oil are true and not just a placebo effect?? I know that many people will swear that bulk oil and quart oil are the same formulations. Sometimes I wonder though.
 
In Canada, it's Petro Canada. I saw a press release in which GM Canada announced a deal with petro canada for the supply of all of its bulk 5w30 for Canadian dealerships.
 
Originally Posted By: jkhawaii
well, ac delco quart sized bottles are made by mobil

+1, our GM dealer always pushed valvoline until 8 months or so ago, now its all mobil
 
Originally Posted By: jkhawaii
well, ac delco quart sized bottles are made by mobil


True. Plus all our factory fill motor oil is Mobil. Mobil 1 synthetic and a conventional oil that is similar to "5000",
 
North America (USA)

GM = Mobil products
Ford = ConocoPhillips products
Chrysler = Shell/Pennzoil products
Hyundai = Quaker State products

Not totally sure about the rest.
 
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