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Old 03-31-2001, 01:13 PM
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Arrow Good post, Steve

I read about this recently myself, and I believe that synthetic motor oils were first developed in the late 1960's by Mobil for use on oil rigs in the North Alaskan region. Apparently its properties help preserve its consistency in cold conditions as well.
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