Company Overview

Headquarters

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
10001 Six Pines Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380
832-813-4100
http://www.cpchem.com

Background


On July 1, 2000, Chevron Corporation and Phillips Petroleum Company, now ConocoPhillips, combined their worldwide petrochemical businesses, excluding Chevron’s oronite additives business, to form Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC. Chevron and ConocoPhillips each own 50 percent of Chevron Phillips Chemical.

  • Chevron Phillips Chemical is one of the world’s top producers of olefins and polyolefins and a leading supplier of aromatics, alpha olefins, styrenics, specialty chemicals, piping, and proprietary plastics.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical produces chemical products that are essential to manufacturing over 70,000 consumer and industrial products.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical, with its joint venture partners, operates 42 manufacturing and research centers.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas (north of Houston).
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical has approximately 4,700 employees worldwide.

Facilities

Chevron Phillips Chemical, with its joint venture partners, currently has 36 production facilities located in the United States, Colombia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Belgium.

Significant Projects

  • Chevron Phillips Chemical owns three world-scale plants in the State of Qatar, including Q-Chem, a world-scale ethylene, polyethylene and 1-hexene complex; RLOC, one of the world's largest ethane crackers; and Q-Chem II, a world-scale olefins and polyolefins complex.
  • In 2008, an expansion of the Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, aromatics complex was completed, creating one of the largest styrene facilities in the world.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical built the largest loop slurry high-density polyethylene plant in the world at the Cedar Bayou, Texas, complex in conjunction with BP Solvay (now Ineos).
  • The company is nearing completion of a new Ryton® PPS plant in Borger, Texas, which will double the company’s PPS production.

Research & Technology

Chevron Phillips Chemical has four research, technology and quality control centers worldwide.  These facilities provide full-scale petrochemical and polymer research including new catalyst development, product and process development, and commercial process support.

  • Chevron Phillips Chemical employs more than 280 scientists, researchers, and engineers in its research facilities.
  • Facilities conduct a full range of research activities, including laboratory/bench and pilot scale experimentation, analytical and mechanical testing, patent support, and technical and service support for customers worldwide.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical’s state-of-the-art plastics technical centers are equipped with the latest processing and testing technology for molding and extruding of polymer and copolymer resins.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical currently holds more than 1,400 patents and patent applications.
  • Chevron Phillips Chemical’s loop slurry process for HDPE production is one of the most widely licensed processes in the world with more than 80 commercial reactor facilities utilizing this technology.

Centers

  • Bartlesville Research and Technology Center - Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  • Kingwood Technology Center - Kingwood, Texas  
  • Asia Engineering Polymers Technical Center - Singapore
  • Tessenderlo Quality Control Lab - Tessenderlo, Belgium

Business Units

Chevron Phillips Chemical’s product offerings are divided into two business units. Click here for our products diagram. The following charts provide a breakdown of Chevron Phillips Chemical's assets and sales by business unit:

                

  • Olefins & Polyolefins - Ethylene, Polyethylene, Normal Alpha Olefins, Polyalpha Olefins, Propylene, Polypropylene,  and High-Density Polyethylene Pipe, Conduit and Pipe Fittings.
  • Specialties, Aromatics & Styrenics - Cyclohexane, Paraxylene, Styrene, Polystyrene, Benzene, K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC), Mercaptans, Mining Chemicals, Soltex® Drilling Mud Additive, Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), X-Tel® PPS, TrackTek™ Racing Fuels, Specialty Organosulfur Compounds

Primary Brands

  • Aromax® benzene production technology is the lowest cost process for on-purpose production of benzene.
  • K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) is the number one brand of SBC in the world. 
  • Marlex® polyethylene is a premium extrusion and rigid packaging resin.
  • MarFlex® polyethylene is a superior flexible packaging resin.
  • Ryton® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) is a high performance engineering polymer known for dimensional stability and resistance to corrosive and high-temperature environments.
  • Soltex® drilling mud additive is a high-temperature/high-pressure fluid loss control additive for water-based muds.
  • TrackTek™ Racing Fuels are specifically designed for use in high-performance engines.
  • Scentinel® Gas Odorants are added to natural gas to give it a distinctive smell.  

Markets Served

  • Adhesives and Sealants 
  • Agricultural
  • Appliances
  • Automotive
  • Building and Construction
  • Chemical manufacturing
  • Drycleaning
  • Electronics
  • Healthcare and Medical
  • Household
  • Imaging and Photography
  • Industrial
  • Oil, Gas, and Mining
  • Packaging
  • Paint and Coatings
  • Personal Care and Cosmetics
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Plastics and Rubber
  • Textiles