Originally Posted By: Mark888
Originally Posted By: brian12
I spoke to WPP about a week ago concerning WM ST Dex 3 atf and they told me they were one of Walmarts suppliers for the fluid and went on to ask me where I live. So I guess it does depend on where you are located as to who's oil your getting with Supertech. From looking at Walmarts's msds sheets I saw that WPP and Specialty oil Company both supply WM with Supertech dex 3. When I checked out the address for SPC it led me to believe Texaco(Chevron) was one of the makers. Now after seeing the same address for Shell I'm wondering if it is some kind of joint Venture between the two companies.
That may have been the case at one time, but check out this website:
http://www.pzlqs.com/
"On On October 1, 2002, the acquisition of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company by Shell Oil Company, an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, was completed. In May of 2003, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company began doing business as SOPUS Products. Combining Shell lubricant's networks and infrastructure and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company's leading motor oil brands, portfolio of car care brands and Jiffy Lube stores, the new company is a leader in the U.S. lubricants and car care business."
© Copyright 2003, SOPUS Products, All Rights Reserved
Sopus = Pennzoil-Quaker State.
Sopus is owned by Shell.
Mark, not sure what your agenda is or what you think you are trying to prove, but you have really got things confused. So I am going to try and help you with some of the names.
1. Parent company: Royal Dutch Shell
2. Shell Oil Company USA = everything Shell i.e. fuels, industrial, and automotive lubricants.
3. Royal Dutch Shell through Shell Oil Company USA buys the Pennzoil-Quaker State Company and all of its subsidiaries.
4. Shell Oil Company USA decides to separate the automotive products from the fuels, industrial, and commercial products.
5. Shell calls the new division SOPUS which stands for Shell Oil Products United States.
6. SOPUS = everything automotive with Shell Oil Company USA, which includes Pennzoil, Quaker State, Formula Shell, Gumout, Snap, Rain-X, Medo, and about 8 other automotive products.
Now, at one time many, many years ago, Speciality Oil was a division of the old Quaker State Company and they did make oil for Wal Mart, it was called Tech-2000. They also made a 2-cycle oil by the name of Itasca which was also packaged for Wal Mart. Now, everyone who had anything to do with Wal Mart knew that these oils were made and packaged by Speciality Oil and that it was a division of Quaker State. However as I stated in another post, after the Pennzoil Quaker State merger, Speciality Oil was sold. Now, when another one of these expert slams comes along and some bozo who lets trees lay in his yard for months is told by some Wal Mart contact (and lord we only know who that might be) tells him the 2-cycle oil is made by Shell, well that person was wrong. All I can assume is that at one time the Speciality Division of Quaker State who made Itasca oil for Walmart, and since Shell now owns the Quaker State brand, someone assumed that Shell made the 2-cycle oil and they were wrong. When Shell told the tree cutter that what he sent in was not their product, they were probably telling him the truth. If he would have bought another small bottle of the oil and sent it in, they would have told him the same thing. Shell does not supply 2-cycle oil to Wal Mart.
Now if you want to believe the oil at Wal Mart is the same as the other products Shell makes, go ahead, knock yourself out.