ExxonMobil Increasing Production Capacity of PAO's

[LTVibe]

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil Chemical (NYSE:XOM) has completed several debottleneck projects at its Synthetics Plant in Beaumont, Texas...

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News Release

OK, Mobil 1 can go back to using Group IV basestocks now...

 

[thunderchild]

We will see what happens now. I don't put much faith in them at all.

 

[JAG]

Spectrasyn PAOs are the high viscosity PAOs (40 cst and 100cst @ 100C temp) that largely form the basis of the Supersyn lineup (as in their use largely defines the lineup). They are the topping, not the flour in terms of percentage of entire basestocks. Their use in low concentrations have benefits.

 

[Bryanccfshr]

Sounds like a viscosity index improver application to me.

 

[buster]

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“This high viscosity PAO capacity investment will help our customers meet the growing demand for high-performance lubricants,” says Page Greenwood, PAO Marketing Manager, Synthetics Global Business.

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I believe JAG is correct.

Have we ever had a definitive answer on whether you can make a 100% PAO based oil meet the ILSAC GF-4 fuel economy spec? I believe it's the Seq VIB Test?

 

[JAG]

buster, I'd bet money that it CAN be done. I just can't provide examples of it having been done due to lack of info. Can anyone else?

 

[PT1]

They probably got a big order for PAO from Amsoil...