One-stop reporter's unannounced visit to uncover the inside story of fraud in lubricant wholesale market

18:11 on August 2, 2111 China Broadcasting Network

China Broadcasting Network Heze reported on August 2, according to the Voice of China News at 7: 35, recently, some Shandong listeners reported to Voice of China that they bought fake hydraulic oil in Dongming County, Heze City, causing damage to construction machinery. Mr. Duan is one of them. In May and July this year, he bought six barrels of Zhuoli Great Wall brand L-HM68 anti-wear hydraulic oil in the hydraulic retail department of Haitang bulldozer in Dongming County, Heze City. After two days' use, he found that the hydraulic oil began to turn black and the distribution valve was abnormal, which made the excavator unable to use normally.

The reporter verified the production batch number of six bottles of hydraulic oil purchased by Mr. Duan with China Petrochemical Lubricant Company: The automobile lubricant, like blood in human body, will not only lead to the failure of automobile parts, but even cause accidents in operation. Does the market for openly selling fake lubricating oil really exist? What kind of fake chain is behind fake oil? What kind of interests are there? CCTV reporter Zhao Fei, Chengdu Radio reporter Sun Jing and CCTV intern reporter Xia Qian launched an investigation.

As soon as I arrived in Zhengzhou, the reporter got some background and inside information about this market from the mouth of a taxi driver.

On July 27th, 2111, the reporter went to Zhengzhou from Beijing.

reporter: master, do you know Zhengzhou lubricant market?

taxi driver: yes, it's in the Shili river.

reporter: they all sell lubricating oil there.

taxi driver: yes, both. There are barrels, and there are also those who buy others' change. Just get your own bucket and people will pack it for you. It's not cheap.

reporter: is it true? the price you just said is cheap.

taxi driver: that's definitely not good. Other people's good oil is clear, bright and transparent, just like the oil we eat at home, and it flows smoothly. As soon as the oil in bulk is poured out, it can be thick, and it is mixed with impurities, and it doesn't flow smoothly. Wow, a pile of it comes down.

What the taxi driver said made the reporter have more questions. The car passed through the city, and the reporter came to the wholesale market of lubricating oil tires located in the South Fourth Ring Road of Zhengzhou City.

at 11: 51 a.m. on July 28th, 2111, when I entered the market, it was a three-way intersection, with three streets less than 211 meters long, on both sides of which were salesrooms selling lubricating oil. The number of reporters is about 151. Almost every store deals in various brands and different types of lubricants.

Sinopec lubricant Heze distributor once told reporters in an interview that the oil of brand products will not be repackaged outside the factory, as long as it is repackaged in large iron drums, it is fake oil:

China Petrochemical lubricant Heze distributor: as long as it is not repackaged by the manufacturer and sent directly to the distributor, the oil repackaged in large iron drums is fake oil.

However, in this market, the reporter saw that the vast majority of storefronts are equipped with various types of lubricating oil drums and iron drums of Great Wall, Kunlun, Mobil, Shell and Uni-President. Behind the salesroom is a large oil factory, with nearly 31. There are many large oil storage tanks. The reporter randomly walked into a dealership. The shelves are full of Great Wall brand 16 kilograms of lubricating oil, and the boss told us that these are all genuine brands. When the reporter asked him again if he could play bulk oil, the boss pointed out that the person who was playing chess next to him said that he was a master and asked him.

reporter: what kind of teacher are you?

shop assistant: responsible for the level of oil adjustment.

reporter: what level can that be transferred to?

shop assistant: our bulk oil can be adjusted to SF grade.

Perhaps it was the reporter who looked unfamiliar, and the clerk looked up and down warily, unwilling to say anything more. We had to leave and walk into another salesroom. Here, we unexpectedly found a laboratory equipment, and the owner enthusiastically introduced us to the preparation process of bulk oil.

Dealer: Have you seen my laboratory equipment? My equipment. Right. You have everything you want. I'll show you the experimental temperature and viscosity. What viscosity do you want? I'll come and test it for you, and come out with a test sheet. This batch of what model and specification will be sent to you with the goods. Yes, both. Again, whatever oil you want, I'll give you. My tens of thousands of equipment is for this kind of loose oil. Just for the sake of their big cans coming in, I'll give you a test. What grade do you want, I'll give it to you directly.

Subsequently, in the store of an authorized dealer of Mobil, the owner confirmed to reporters that in this market, most of the commodities are engaged in bulk oil business.

Mobil dealer: We only sell Mobil, and this brand is delivered directly from the manufacturer with packaging. We don't have bulk oil or blended oil, and there are only a few like us in this market.

so where does a lot of bulk oil come from in the market? The reporter went to an oil factory behind the dealership again.

There are 12 large oil storage tanks across the factory. Each tank has a piston. After it is pulled out, the oil is directly poured into oil drums with a weight of about 1.71 kg. How can the oil poured out of the jar become different kinds of oil? The aunt who cooks here quietly told the reporter.

hengtai cooking aunt: no, he's mixed like this, this kind of oil is the same, and that kind of oil is the same. Put one in a jar. What kind of oil do you want? What kind of oil does he give you? As soon as it was weighed, it was put in the car and taken away.

There is no brand at the entrance of this workshop. There are more than a dozen large oil storage tanks in the courtyard, and the other side is full of waste oil drums. On the drums, the reporter saw that some of them read "Great Wall", some read "special engine oil for Beijing Hyundai Motor", and there are also large oil drums in all English, and more than 11 workers in the factory are carrying oil drums.

reporter: what kind of oil?

Worker: Diesel oil.

There are two bungalows in this oil factory. One bungalow is full of new oil drums. The waste oil drums piled outside the warehouse have been painted and repackaged here. While the boss was weighing the oil, the reporter went into another bungalow with plastic buckets. There is a pool of red liquid on the ground, which is sticky and has a pungent smell of industrial oil. Several plastic buckets were thrown on the ground. There is also a nickname for weighing food in the market, a plastic cup filled with red liquid. There is a dirty packing bag on the ground, which says additives.

reporter: why is it red? What is this thing?

The reporter asked the workers what the red color was, but the boss who was weighing oil saw it and shouted at us to go out.

what is the oil in the oil storage tank? Where will it be sold? Where did so many old oil drums come from? Why doesn't the oil factory have a name? With a series of questions, the reporter continued to investigate the next day.

On July 29th, 2111, we came to China Resources Oil Factory, which is located in the easternmost part of the lubricant market, as an oil seller. A boss named Zhang received the reporter.

manager Zhang of China resources: it is distributed everywhere, all over the country, and the price of what kind of oil depends on what price you want. The price is around 1,611 yuan, because it is all this kind of engine oil. Brand doesn't matter, any brand will do. You have all the brands you want, and the price is 1611.

reporter: can you make it cheaper?

manager Zhang of China resources: yes, that's regular oil. according to the oil quality, the price is 1,611 yuan for good oil quality and 1,311 yuan for bad oil quality. See? This is our company's business license. It's a big company.

reporter: what about the oil in the oil factory behind? Why aren't there any names in those factories?

manager Zhang of China resources: those factories are all recycled oil and reprocessed by themselves. The quality is not good None of them have a production license.

this boss Zhang keeps saying that his company is a big company, so what's wrong with them repackaging barrels of oil like this? The reporter asked Wang Zhuo, a professional in automobile maintenance, and he pointed out the key to the problem:

Wang Zhuo: There are several additives in engine oil, one is an anti-wear additive, the other is an antioxidant additive, and the other is an anti-foaming additive. If the amount of additives is, What are the consequences? One is that the operation of the engine can no longer be guaranteed under high temperature and high pressure. Then it will produce carbon deposits in your fuel tank, which will produce that kind of waste, and some say it will feel like a vanishing cream. The main reason is that additives are the most expensive, because the additives added to engine oil are imported from abroad.

The reporter visited China Resources Oil Plant again. Boss Zhang admitted that a ton of additives cost more than 21,111 yuan, and he didn't add any oil to the oil he sold.

manager Zhang of China resources: everything is available for oil blending. according to the situation, we can adjust the oil according to the different needs of users. You don't understand the difference, and neither do I. You don't understand the additives, and neither do I. Why did you come to Zhengzhou? The oil price in Zhengzhou is cheap, so why did he give you a discount? This is the price difference you earn, and this is the business opportunity. You sell 9 thousand outside and 5 thousand in Zhengzhou. You can think of this without teaching. Lubricating oil is just like eating. The meat you eat is the same as the steamed stuffed bun. The machine is chronic and will not go wrong for a while. Additives or something, wear-resistant or not, it doesn't matter.

The compound of China Resources Oil Factory is also full of oil drums. There are both 171 kg and 16 kg. Boss Zhang said that these barrels are brand-new, recycled once and used many times.

manager Zhang of China resources: empty bucket 151, small one 22. New barrels, all new barrels. There is a manufacturer, Zhengzhou barrel factory. He will make you whatever kind of packaging you need in the west area.

reporter: what about the old barrels?

manager Zhang of China resources: 71 old barrels. A vat.

reporter: where is the recycling place?

manager Zhang of China resources: there is a lot of recycling. Xinzheng has a lot of recycling barrels.

manager Zhang of China resources: you provided that brand to others, and he gave you whatever you wanted.

reporter: has anyone posted it here?

manager Zhang of China resources: someone is doing this.

Oil is a base oil prepared without additives, and barrels are recycled. What about the brand label? Immediately, after visiting a number of stores, some shop assistants told reporters that the labels could be "pasted".

shop assistant: That is, the sign here is Kunlun, and this one is Gao Runjie.

reporter: this is the label.

shop assistant: well, this one is from Kunlun.

at this point, the production chain of fake oil is gradually clear. Next to the lubricant market is a big logistics market, with carts full of oil tanks coming in and out. Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, and the three northeastern provinces ... In front of each logistics company, their own delivery places are posted. Boss Zhao of Hongyan Logistics Company has been engaged in logistics business for more than ten years, and often sends oil tanks and large oil drums to all parts of the country.

Boss Zhao: When there are many, there are more than 31 tons every day, which are distributed all over the country every day.

reporter: how many logistics markets are there?

Boss Zhao: Then thousands come.

does the local industrial and commercial law enforcement department care about selling fake oil on such a large scale? Shopkeepers told reporters:

Merchants: They just come to collect money.

reporter: whatever?

merchant: nobody cares. Just pay on time.

reporter: I bought fake oil. Who should I complain to?

Businessman: Looking for a market. Here comes the fine. Paid the money.

reporter: why not rectify it?

merchant: haha, it is impossible to rectify and close the door. Then the market will receive the money. Management fee.

Voice of China will continue to investigate and report on this incident.