Synthetic base fluids for high-performance lubricants and functional fluids can be prepared by oligomerizing Chevron Phillips Chemical's alpha olefins, particularly alpha olefins 10 and 12. The resulting oligomers, consisting of dimers, trimers, tetramers and so on, are typically hydrogenated and then formulated with appropriate additives.

For more than two decades, Chevron Phillips Chemical has been a leader in the development and production of PAOs. Our original products, which are produced from 1-decene, consist of PAOs 2, 4, 6 and 8cSt and C₁₀ dimer. In the mid-1990s, Chevron Phillips Chemical developed unique PAO products, which are synthesized from 1-dodecene. They are PAOs 2.5, 5, 7 and 9cSt as well as the C₁₂ dimer.

Now our comprehensive range of PAOs provides our customers with a greater range of physical properties from which to choose, giving them more flexibility and versatility in developing products better suited to their individual applications. For more information on Chevron Phillips Chemical's PAOs, visit our PAO website.

Performance Problem Solvers

PAOs are traditionally known and used for their "problem-solving" abilities. That's because polyalphaolefins are impurity-free and contain only well-defined hydrocarbon molecules with specific performance properties.