About Us

 

A little more than 20 years ago, Lyondell was a small, two-facility operation. Since that time, we have expanded our portfolio, widened our geographic reach and experienced tremendous growth and change.

With $16 billion in assets, Lyondell Chemical Company is one of the world's largest chemical manufacturers, a refiner of heavy, high-sulfur crude oil and a significant producer of fuel products.

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Our people and processes create long-term value for our stakeholders.

Throughout our history, the fundamental beliefs that make us who we are have not wavered. Our steadfast commitment to continuous improvement has produced excellent safety, reliability, quality and customer satisfaction results. At Lyondell, we believe in managing our business well, operating safely and efficiently and returning value to our stakeholders.

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Our products play a vital role in improving the quality of people's lives.

Creating Basic Elements for LifeSM is our way of demonstrating how Lyondell provides the basic chemical building blocks used to make products that enhance the quality of people's lives around the world, from clothing and packaging to construction materials and automobile parts.

For example, approximately 300 to 400 pounds of the average automobile's weight consist of plastic parts or components. Auto interiors alone include approximately 20 families of plastic resins.

And about 85 percent of the furniture manufactured worldwide uses flexible urethane foam cushioning, a major application for Lyondell's propylene oxide.

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