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LyondellBasell Industries NV Description

LyondellBasell Industries N.V., together with its subsidiaries, manufacturers and sells chemicals and polymers; refines crude oil; produces gasoline blending components; and develops and licenses technologies for the production of polymers. The company's Olefins and Polyolefins segment offers olefins, including ethylene, propylene, and butadiene; polyolefins that comprise polypropylene (PP), high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, and linear low density polyethylene; aromatics, which include benzene; and specialty polyolefins, such as catalloy process resins, as well as PP compounds and polybutene-1 resins. Its Intermediates and Derivatives segment provides propylene oxide (PO); PO co-products, including styrene monomers, tertiary butyl alcohol, and its derivative isobutylene; PO derivatives, which consists of propylene glycol, propylene glycol ethers, and butanediol; acetyls, such as methanol, acetic acid, and vinyl acetate monomers; and ethylene derivatives, including ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol ethers, and ethanol. This segment also provides gasoline blending components, such as methyl tertiary butyl ether and ethyl tertiary butyl ether. The company's Refining segment offers gasoline and components, ultra low sulfur diesel, jet fuel, lube oils, and alkylate. Its Technology segment develops and licenses chemical, polyolefin, and other process technologies, as well as associated engineering and other services. This segment also develops, manufactures, and sells polyolefin catalysts. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. operates in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Keywords: S&P 500 Chemical Crude Oil Acid Alcohol Chemical Substances Alloys Commodity Chemicals Polymers Sulfur Polyp Technology Segment Polyethylene Ethers Polypropylene Monomer Catalysts Polyol Acetate Process Technologies Styrene Polyolefin Ethylene Oxide Polyolefins Glycol Ethers Methanol High Density Polyethylene Propylene Glycol