Petrochemical industry

The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals. A major part is constituted by the plastics (polymer) industry. It directly interfaces with the petroleum industry, especially the downstream sector.

Companies

The top ten global petrochemical companies based on the 2008 revenues – excludes state-owned companies:^[1]


Company	Country	2008 revenues $ (billion)
BASF	Germany	62.30
Dow Chemical	US	57.51
ExxonMobil Chemical	US	55
LyondellBasell Industries	Netherlands	51
INEOS	UK	47
SABIC	Saudi Arabia	37.66
Formosa Plastics Corporation	Taiwan	31.5
Sumitomo Chemical	Japan	16.65
DuPont	US	31.83
Chevron Phillips	US	13

Countries and sites

Marun petrochemical complex

Technology

Conferences

Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference
International Petrochemical Conference by the AFPM^[2]

Associations

Awards

References

^ "World's 10 largest petrochemicals companies - ArabianOilandGas.com".
^ "Conferences & Exhibitions". www2.afpm.org.
^ "Petrochemical Heritage Award". Science History Institute. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

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[1] "World's 10 largest petrochemicals companies - ArabianOilandGas.com".

[2] "Conferences & Exhibitions". www2.afpm.org.

[Petrochemical-3] "Petrochemical Heritage Award". Science History Institute. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

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