About Phillips 66

Phillips 66 Lubricants: Its Beginning
Phillips 66 Lubricants traces its history back to 1927 when the Phillips service stations’ rapid growth created a great demand for Phillips 66 Motor Oil. In just over two years after opening the first service stations, the TropArtic® Motor Oil trademark was purchased from Manhattan Oil Co. who had held the name since 1912. Over the next 70 years, TropArtic Motor Oil and Phillips 66 Lubricants constantly sought out new ways to grow the product line and expand into new business sectors and niche markets, including lubricants for the oil fields, automotive engine oils, marine, snowmobile, aviation oils, and farm and truck lubricants.

A History of Success
Over the years, Phillips 66 Lubricants has developed a number of outstanding products to meet the needs of various markets. In 1954, Phillips introduced multiviscosity TropArtic Motor Oils designed to adapt to all temperature changes eliminating the need to change grades of oil with every season; hence, becoming the first military accepted multiviscosity motor oil. In aviation, the brand rolled out the first multiviscosity, mineral-based, ashless dispersant aviation oil in 1979. In the farm market, superior Phillips 66 products have been developed, including Super HD II, a heavy-duty engine oil reformulated to meet today’s tough standards, and HG Fluid, a superior blended transmission and hydraulic fluid. Phillips 66 Lubricants also provides great products in niche markets such as the snowmobile industry with leading products like Injex™ Pro synthetic blend 2-cycle motor oil, providing superior piston and bearing protection in all current production, high performance machines.

The Tradition Continues
Today, Phillips 66 Lubricants are considered leaders among the aviation and farm industry products, particularly throughout the Heartland, as well as other fields such as two-cycle marine and snowmobile oils. Not to mention the one that started it all, the TropArtic product line, which continues its longstanding success. It all adds up to a bright future for one of the most trusted brands in the business.