Regional Round-Up
Pratt & Whitney to test ExxonMobil’s synthetic fuel
November 1st 2014
ExxonMobil and Pratt and Whitney have signed a commercial agreement to test the energy provider’s new synthetic jet engine oil, Mobil Jet Oil 387, on the engine manufacturer’s PurePower engines. Read More » The multi-year testing program will begin next year and will include all the variants of the PurePower engine. In commercial aviation, PurePower engines power the recently launched Mitsubishi regional jet, Embraer’s second generation E-Jets, and are offered as options for the A320neo family. Mobil Jet Oil 387 is the most advanced jet oil ExxonMobil has produced, said Frans Horjus, global aviation lubricant sales manager at ExxonMobil. “The outstanding turbine component protection that Mobil Jet Oil 387 offers a wide range of engine technologies is generating significant interest,” he said.
