Advanced passenger car engine oil

Synthetic Engine Oil that keeps you on the road for longer

Shell Helix engine oils are designed to meet your needs, whatever your driving challenges.

Shell Helix Ultra is a range of top-tier motor oil that is formulated using the unique Shell PurePlus Technology, yielding a motor oil that actively helps keep engines clean. Active Cleansing Technology has always been at the heart of Shell Helix. Starting with the unique Shell PurePlus Technology allows the product to provide even higher levels of cleansing and protection.

  • Now carbon neutral
  • Made from natural gas
  • Improved protection and cleaner engine
  • Enhanced fuel economy
  • Less oil consumption

Designed for ultimate engine performance

High performance, lower emissions* with Shell Helix Ultra

Now carbon neutral, with the help of energy efficient manufacturing, sustainable packaging, and the use of nature-based carbon credits when it is not possible to avoid and reduce emissions entirely.

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Shell Helix Ultra – Synthetics reimagined and reinvented

Shell Helix Ultra passenger car motor oils are formulated using unique Shell PurePlus Technology, delivering a significant number of technical benefits for the consumer. Shell PurePlus Technology, compared to traditional group II and group III base oils, provides enhanced viscosity, friction and volatility performance.

The unique properties of Shell PurePlus Technology offer the opportunity to develop superior lubricants for the most advanced engines, achieving engine cleanliness not possible with lesser base oils, making Shell Helix Ultra the most advanced motor oil ever.

Shell has invested in a leading edge technology process that converts natural gas into base oil, which is used to make the new Helix Ultra range of products. Starting with the unique Shell PurePlus Technology allows the product to provide even higher levels of cleansing and protection.

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Shell Helix Ultra with PurePlus Technology

Today’s motor vehicles need oil that keeps pace with their changing demands and does more to improve performance and engine life. This is why Shell developed PurePlus Technology, an entirely new way – starting with natural gas – to produce base oils, the main component of motor oils.

Shell Helix Ultra with PurePlus Technology is the first synthetic motor oil designed from natural gas and gives you long lasting engine performance.