埃克森美孚公司于2012年10月初宣布,将在路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日化工和润滑油厂投资2亿多美元,使两种关键的合成润滑油基础油能力提高25%以上。此次扩建还将包括新的成品润滑油调合及包装设施。该公司表示,该扩建工程将使埃克森美孚公司路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日化学厂成为世界上最大的合成酯和烷基萘生产地。合成酯和烷基萘由生 Exxon Mobil Corporation announced in early October 2012 that it will invest over 200 million U.S. dollars in Baton Rouge Chemical and Lubricant Plant in Louisiana to increase the capacity of both key synthetic lubricant base stocks by more than 25%. The expansion will also include new finished lubricants blending and packaging facilities. The company said the expansion will make Exxon Mobil’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana chemical plant the world’s largest producer of synthetic esters and alkylnaphthalenes. Synthetic esters and alkyl naphthalene from Health