Lyondell Chemical Co.
Type	Public (NYSE: LYO)
Founded	1985
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, USA
Key people	Dan F. Smith, President & Chief Executive Officer
Industry	Manufacturing
Products	Chemicals, Polymers
Revenue	$24 Billion USD (2005)
Employees	10,880 (2006)
Website	www.lyondell.com

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Overview

The Lyondell Chemical Company is currently the third largest independent chemical manufacturer in the United States. Since its establishment in 1985 from certain facilities belonging to the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), the company has grown through various acquistions and is currently a Fortune 500 company that operates in 5 continents and employs over 11,000 people. Lyondell is the global leader in Propylene oxide production and is the largest North American supplier of Styrene monomer. Other Lyondell products include Ethylene, Polyethylene, and Titanium dioxide Flash point −37 °C Autoignition temperature 747 °C Explosive limits 2. ... Ethylene (or IUPAC name ethene) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H4. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania, is the naturally occurring oxide of titanium, chemical formula TiO2. ...

Lyondell acquired Millennium Chemicals, Inc. in a stock-for-stock business combination on November 30, 2004. In August, 2006, Lyondell acquired the Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP in a transaction valued at around $2.1 billion, and has renamed the facility Houston Refining. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Chemical maker Basell Polyolefins said on Tuesday, 17th July 2007, it would buy Lyondell Chemical Co. for about $12.14 billion. Basell is the worlds largest producer of polypropylene and advanced polyolefins products, the worlds largest producer of polyethylene , and a global leader in the development and licensing of polypropylene and polyethylene processes, and a leader in catalysts. ...

Engineering Development

Throughout the year, Lyondell provides dedicated training sessions to all its Engineering staff ranging from interns to senior engineers. Lyondell has also implemented an engineering rotation program to provide its engineers with exposure to various locations, cultures, and technologies.

Executives

• Dan F. Smith- Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

• Morris Gelb- Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

• T. Kevin DeNicola- Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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North America Facilites

Florida

• Jacksonville Facility

Georgia

• Colonel's Island Plant

Illinois

• Morris Complex
• Tuscola Plant

Iowa

• Clinton Complex

Maryland

• Baltimore St. Helena Plant

New Jersey

• Newark Plant

Ohio

• Cincinnati Technology Center
• Fairport Harbor Facility

Pennsylvania

• Newtown Square Technology Center

Texas

• Bayport Choate Plant
• Beaumont PD Glycol Plant
• Chocolate Bayou Complex
• Houston Refining
• Matagorda Complex
• Victoria Plant
• Bayport Underwood Plant
• Channelview Chemical Complex
• Corpus Christi Complex
• La Porte Complex
• Pipeline Operations
• Worldwide Headquarters

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Environmental record

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified Lyondell as the 53rd-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with roughly 8 million pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air.^[1] Major pollutants indicated by the study include chlorine, butadiene, dicyclopentadiene, and diaminotoluene. ^[2] The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst or UMass) is a research and land-grant university in Amherst, USA. The University of Massachusetts Amherst offers over 90 undergraduate and 65 graduate areas of study. ... Air pollution is a chemical, particulate matter, or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. ... General Name, symbol, number chlorine, Cl, 17 Chemical series halogens Group, period, block 17, 3, p Appearance yellowish green Standard atomic weight 35. ... Butadiene can refer to either one of two hydrocarbon chemical compounds which are alkenes that are isomers of each other. ... Dicyclopentadiene, C10H12, is a hydrocarbon found in oil deposits. ...

European Facilites

France

• Fos sur Mer (Marseille area)

Netherlands

• Botlek (Rotterdam)
• Maasvlakte (Rotterdam)

References

1. ^ Political Economy Research Institute Toxic 100 (Study released May 11, 2006) retrieved 17 Aug 2007
2. ^ Toxics Release Inventory courtesy rtknet.org

External links

• Official site
• Yahoo! profile