Quality
A batch number that actually leads somewhere.
Counterfeit lubricant is the single biggest problem in this market, and the usual answer — a hologram sticker — is copied within a month. Ours is duller and harder to fake: every canister carries a batch code, and every batch code returns the actual test sheet, signed by the lab technician who ran it.
What we run on every batch
Certification status is published as it stands, not as we would like it to look. Anything still in progress is marked as such.
ASTM D445Kinematic viscosity, 40 & 100 °CASTM D2270Viscosity indexASTM D97Pour pointASTM D92Flash point, open cupASTM D2896Total base numberASTM D5185Elemental analysis, ICPASTM D892Foaming tendencyASTM D130Copper strip corrosionASTM D6304Water content, Karl FischerASTM D4684Low-temperature pumpabilityQ1 Is this really made here, or imported and re-labelled?
Base oil is cut on our own column in Erbil. Additive packages and some specialty base stocks (PAO for the full synthetics) are imported — no plant of our size anywhere makes its own additive chemistry, and anyone who claims otherwise is selling you something. Come and look at the column; visits are arranged weekly.
Q2 How do I check a canister is genuine?
Three things together, not one: an unbroken induction seal under the cap, a laser code on the cap that is etched rather than printed, and a batch number that returns a test sheet when you send it to us. Any single one of the three can be faked; all three together have not been, so far.
Q3 What is the minimum order?
One pallet for a stocked grade, 3,000 litres for a private-label batch. Fleet customers usually start with a single 208 L drum of 15W-40 to run against their current oil before committing.
Q4 Do you supply outside Iraq?
Yes — through Ibrahim Khalil for Türkiye and Haji Omaran for Iran, on DAP terms at the border. Export documentation and Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish and English labelling are prepared in house.
Q5 Can I visit the plant?
Yes, and we would rather you did. Visits run on Tuesdays and Thursdays; safety shoes and a long-sleeved shirt are required, everything else we provide. Write to us with a date and how many people.
Ask for a batch report before you buy a pallet.
Send a grade and a quantity and the reply comes back with the current test sheet, not a brochure.