Motiva Educates at Ocean Commotion
What do environmental exhibits, 2,300 people and Motiva have in common? The answer is Ocean Commotion.
Nearly 2,300 visitors from Louisiana schools attended the 9th Annual Ocean Commotion at LSU on November 2nd. The event is hosted by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and is designed to educate students about environmental protection and preservation.
Exhibitors at the event offered more than 50 interactive displays that taught children about the resources of the sea and coast, in addition to encouraging them to become good stewards of Louisiana's unique ecology.
As the corporate sponsor of the event, the Motiva Norco Refinery set up a display to educate students, parents and teachers about how crude oil is made and how crude byproducts are used every day. Motiva Norco volunteers Snookie Faucheux, Troy Oncale and Tim Aymond explained how Motiva takes crude oil and turns it into fuel. Students were shown a demonstration of the site's Distillation Training Unit and were then asked questions about what they learned. They also explained that items people use everyday are made from crude oil. Some participants were surprised to learn that their cosmetics, sunglasses, and candle was were all crude oil byproducts.
To make sure the students learned something from the demonstration, they were asked questions about the refining process and crude byproducts. If they answered correctly, they were able to choose a giveaway items from our table. Some items that were given out were water bottles, sunglasses, pens and stress balls just to name a few.
Other volunteers who helped out with set-up and manning the giveaway table were Linda Scharwath, Kristi Gros, Sharon Zeno, Kimberly Windon and Melissa Robert.
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