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ExxonMobil is investing more than $200 million to expand its Baton Rouge chemical and lubricants plants to increase capacity for synthetic lubricant base stocks manufacturing and lubricants blending, packaging and storage.

The expansion will increase ExxonMobil's worldwide capacity of synthetic esters and alkylated naphthalene by more than 25 percent to meet the demand for high-performance lubricants made with these advanced products. The project will include construction of a state-of-the-art blending center for synthetic aviation oil at ExxonMobil's lubricant blending plant in Port Allen, La.

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Chevron is helping combat the widespread sale of harmful, low-quality bottled motor oils in convenience stores and bulk motor oil at quick lube facilities across the United States.  

The following is adapted from an article recently published by Chevron for its employees... 

Have you ever sat at an automotive service facility while your car is being serviced and wonder exactly what kind of motor oil is being pumped out of those massive bulk containers? You're not the only one who has ever pondered this question, and in fact you should, because, according to Steve Mulvaney, team leader for Americas Products Life Cycle Management for Chevron, and a member of PQIA's Advisory Board. "There is recent evidence that oil change stations across America are knowingly and unknowingly servicing vehicles with motor oil not fit for today's modern engines."

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