Shell Tellus S4 VE
Meets and beats leading OEM approvals, advanced energy-efficient synthetic hydraulic fluid for mobile and stationary applications made with gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology. Learn more.
Shell Tellus S4 VE main features and benefits video
Title: Shell Tellus The Conversation Lo Res Master
Duration: 3:50 minutes
Description:
Shell’s Louise Thompson meets a potential new client and introduces the new Shell Tellus S4 VE, a hydraulic GTL based fluid, and all its benefits.
Shell Tellus The Conversation Lo Res Master Transcript
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Upbeat instrumental music with synthesised effects
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SHELL TELLUS S4 VE
Shell’s Louise Thompson meets a potential new client
FROM THE PRODUCER
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Footage of a bucket wheel excavator digging into the earth. Change back to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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OF
THE
WORLD’S
No. 1
HYDRAULIC OIL
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Wide-angled shot panning around an excavator, low mountains in the background. Change back to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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COMES
A BRAND NEW PRODUCT
BRAND
NEW
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Time-lapse footage of a robotic machine in a warehouse picking up large bricks, turning and then depositing them on a conveyer belt. Change back to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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WITH REMARKABLE BENEFITS
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Exterior shot of a red brick building with many windows, a tree in the foreground.
Interview with Louise Thompson and Client
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Louise Thompson and an unidentified male client sit at a desk in an office setting and begin their conversation.
Client
We’re not a big business, we have tight budgets and we’re trying to make savings, not just on the lubricant but also on the repair and maintenance costs for the equipment.
Louise Thompson
Okay, it’s interesting you say that actually because I’ve got something that I think really could help you with that.
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Reverse-angled view of Louise and the client as Louise taps the screen of a tablet on the table in front of them. Close-up of the screen, displaying a white background with black text centred reading Tellus S4 VE, followed by animation of a grey container with Tellus S4 VE.
Louise Thompson
We’re just about to launch a new hydraulic fluid, Shell Tellus S4 VE.
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Image of the Tellus S4 VE container fades to white. Change to aerial shot of a bucket wheel excavator digging into the earth.
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Bottom left, a yellow square appears. Inside it, a grey circle with a graphic of a mining truck and text at the top reading Mining.
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Change to shot of several excavators digging into the earth.
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Top left, a yellow square appears. Inside it, a grey circle with a graphic of an excavator and text at the top reading Construction.
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Change to shot of a female worker wearing a protective helmet tapping on a display by a machine, then grabbing a door handle and pulling it towards her.
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Bottom right, a yellow square appears. Inside it, a grey circle with a graphic of a factory and text at the top reading Factory Applications.
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Change to time-lapse footage of a night-time port as containers are being loaded onto a cargo ship.
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Top right, a yellow square appears. Inside it, a grey circle with a graphic of a weight and text at the top reading High Load.
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Change to still frame of a bearded man smiling, superimposed snow falling.
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Bottom right, a yellow square appears. Inside it, a grey circle with a graphic of a thermometer with dropping mercury and a snowflake. Text at the top reads Extreme temperatures. The mercury in the thermometer then rises, the snowflake disappears and is replaced by a sun.
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Change to close-up of an excavator bucket filled with earth. Gridded lines are superimposed on the left half of the screen.
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Bottom right, a yellow square appears. Inside it, a grey circle with a graphic of a clock with three arrows, text in the middle reading 24/7, and text at the bottom reading Long life.
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Louise’s finger comes into view and taps the screen to pause the video. Pause graphic appears centre-screen. Change back to interview footage of Louise and the client.
Louise Thompson
We’ve got some field trials underway at the moment and the results are looking really promising.
Client
What sort of equipment? Is it mobile? Because that’s very relevant for us.
Louise Thompson
Absolutely, the same kit that you’ve got. If you look here, you can see.
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Reverse-angled shot of Louise and the client as Louise taps the screen of the tablet again. Close-up of the screen displaying a white background with centred black text reading Tellus S4 VE Field test results. Change to close-up of the tablet now displaying a split-screen of two excavators at work. On the left, an excavator using mineral oil, on the right an excavator using Tellus S4 VE. Underneath each one a graphic displays the fuel usage. Centred, a timer counting up showing the duration.
Louise Thompson
We’ve got two pieces of kit, identical, running side by side, in the same operating conditions.
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EXCELLENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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Close-up of an excavator bucket digging in the earth. Close-up of the excavator arm turning. Wide-angled view of the excavator at work as it dumps the earth onto a truck, then spins back around. Change to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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AN IMPROVEMENT OF UP TO
6%
IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY
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Change back to interview footage of Louise and the client.
Client
That’s impressive. So, how do you manage that?
Louise Thompson
Part of it comes from the fact that the product’s formulated using a GTL base oil.
Client
GTL?
Louise Thompson
Gas to liquid. Let me show you.
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Close-up of the client writing notes in a notebook. Change back to interview footage as Louise continues explaining.
Louise Thompson
So it’s a new kind of base oil that’s made out of natural gas. It’s extremely high quality.
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Animation of the GTL process. Green hydrocarbons float in a tank, then flow through a pipe into another tank filled with yellow rods. Underneath, water flows through different pipes into the tank.
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GTL Products
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GTL products are colourless, odourless liquid hydrocarbons.
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Animation of green balls representing hydrocarbons.
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COLOURLESS, ODOURLESS LIQUID HYDROCARBONS
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They have very low levels of impurities.
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Animation of a flask filled with a clear liquid.
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VERY LOW LEVELS OF IMPURITIES
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And give hydraulic oils unique benefits.
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Night-time, time-lapse footage of cargo being loaded into a plane at an airport.
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UNIQUE BENEFITS
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Extending drain intervals and improving energy efficiency.
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Time-lapse footage of containers being moved around at a port.
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INCLUDING EXTENDED DRAIN INTERVALS
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Aerial time-lapse footage of excavators at work on a site. Change back to interview footage of Louise and the client.
Client
Drain cycles is something we’re looking at. That’s an important issue for us.
Louise Thompson
What sort of oil drain intervals do you get at the moment? Around 4,000 hours, something like that?
Client
Yes, that would be about right.
Louise Thompson
Well, with the new Shell Tellus S4 VE, using the industry testing we’ve done so far, we’ve seen results up to 10,000 hours.
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UP TO 9996 HOURS
UP TO 9997 HOURS
UP TO 9998 HOURS
UP TO 9999 HOURS
UP TO 10,000 HOURS
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Aerial, night-time, time-lapse footage of construction underway at an urban location. Change to low-angled shot of a drill truck driving down a dirt road. Change to wide-angled shot of an excavator digging up earth beside a truck. Change to close-up of the hydraulics of an excavator. Change to close-up of the rear wheels of a truck in snowy conditions. Change to wide-angled shot of an ice plough clearing snow off of tarmac. Change back to interview footage of Louise and the client.
Louise Thompson
The cold start isn’t a problem, and the viscosity index means that it can still protect even at the higher temperatures.
Client
So, one product for all seasons?
Louise Thompson
Well, unless you’re working in the Arctic, yes.
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Animated thermometer with Celsius reading on the left, Fahrenheit on the right. The mercury in the thermometer drops.
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Footage of two mining trucks driving past each other at a site. Change to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
PRECISION
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Footage of products on a conveyer belt, a row of robots on either side. Change to different robots assembling products on a conveyer belt. Change to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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SMOOTH MOTION
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Panning shot of an excavator digging a trench in the earth, low mountains in the background. Change to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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CLEAN RUNNING
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Close-up of a pair of hands pouring lubricant into a beaker in a laboratory setting. Change back to interview footage of Louise and the client.
Louise Thompson
It is a premium product, so I’ll be very upfront, it is going to have a slightly higher purchase cost. But if you think what it will deliver in terms of energy saving, and the oil will last a lot longer, and if you’re not having to take the kit out of service, you’re also increasing productivity.
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ENERGY EFFICIENT
LONGER LASTING
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
Louise Thompson
So, add all that together, and a little extra cost on the hydraulic fluid will more than pay for itself.
Client
So, how do we take this forward?
Louise Thompson
I can get one of my technical colleagues to come, have a look at your fleet and your operating conditions to come up with an estimate around what the cost saving could actually be for your company.
Client
So you’d tailor it specifically for our business?
Louise Thompson
Indeed.
Client
That sounds good. We should set something up.
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LOWER
YOUR TOTAL COST
OF OWNERSHIP
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Close-up of machine hydraulics. Change to wide-angled shot of several hydraulic earth drills at work on a site. Change to close-up of one of the hydraulic drills piercing into the earth. Change to close-up of the hydraulics on the arm of an excavator. Change to panning shot of a parked excavator, its bucket resting on the ground as night sets in. To the left, floodlights. To the right, two oil tanks. Change to white background with superimposed text as displayed below.
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SHELL LUBRICANTS - TOGETHER ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
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Shell Pecten logo centred on a white background
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© Shell International 2019
Shell Tellus S4VE Plastic Injection Energy Efficiency Animation Video
Title: Shell Tellus Plastic Injection Energy Efficiency
Duration: 25 seconds
Description:
Animation demonstrating the energy efficiency qualities of Shell Tellus S4 VE hydraulic fluid.
Shell Tellus Plastic Injection Energy Efficiency video transcript
[Background music plays]
Calm, melodic music begins rising to an upbeat crescendo
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The name Shell Tellus S4 VE appears in a yellow bar
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A blue block drops down from under the yellow bar
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A new GTL based synthetic hydraulic oil for plastic injection moulding
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A graphic representation of a factory appears
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Frame reveals through factory window
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Shell Tellus S4VE
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A graphic representation of a machine and factory production line appears
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Designed to improve efficiency
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Products flow along production line
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and decrease energy use by up to 4.4%
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Orange arrows descend to highlight energy saving of 4.4%
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Production line disappears to be replaced by Shell pectin
Shell Tellus S4 VE Mobile Equipment Temperature Range video
Film Title: Temperature Range
Shell Tellus S4 VE
Extended operating temperature range
Compared to mineral oils
You can rely on it at ultra low temperatures
All the way up to ultra high temperatures
Shell Tellus S4VE Plastic Injection Oil Life Video
Film Title: Oil Life
Shell Tellus S4 VE
A new GTL based synthetic hydraulic oil for plastic injection molding
With a 40,000 hours drain interval
4.5 years of continual operation.
If you want cost savings with extended oil life, wear protection, sludge control and a wider range of operating temperatures, Shell Tellus S4 VE fluid delivers. It’s an advanced performance, shear-stable hydraulic fluid with strong thermal and oxidative stability. In addition to meeting and beating standard industry and equipment manufacturers’ specification requirements, it exceeds the 10,000 hours maximum duration that can be measured in the industry-standard turbine oil stability test (TOST).
Shell Tellus S4 VE is GTL-based and can help to deliver total cost of ownership savings with up to a 6% hydraulic productivity improvement compared with a mineral oil and reduce the energy losses from hydraulic pumps by up to 21% compared with a mineral-oil-based fluid.
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Progress and Innovation – Gas to Liquids
Shell has a history of innovation in lubricants and was the first to market cleaner, purer lubricants made from natural gas.
Proven advantage
Up to 5% greater energy efficiency and 21% less energy loss from hydraulic pumps
Improved protection
Protect your investment with sludge resistance and lower varnish.
Optimising performance and efficiency
Shell Tellus S4 VE has extended oil-drain intervals in mobile and stationary equipment.
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