THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS (June 26, 2006) – At the recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region VI Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) conference, seven Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) facilities received the distinguished Star Among Stars “Star of Excellence” award. The award is the highest honor bestowed on VPP Star sites. The facilities honored include Chevron Phillips Chemical’s:

• Bartlesville Research and Technology Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
• Borger Plant in Borger, Texas
• Drilling Specialties Alamo Plant in Conroe, Texas
• Headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas
• Kingwood Research and Technology Center in Kingwood, Texas
• Performance Pipe Brownwood Plant in Brownwood, Texas
• Port Arthur Plant in Port Arthur, Texas

“OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program was designed to recognize worksites with exemplary safety and health programs and identify facilities that serve as a benchmark for others in safety performance,” said Greg Hanggi, Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety.  “At Chevron Phillips Chemical, we believe in the basic principles of VPP: compliance, participation, leadership and continuous improvement,” he added. “The fact that seven Chevron Phillips Chemical facilities were honored with the top recognition among the elite VPP Star sites is outstanding. It shows the commitment these sites have to going beyond compliance to making safety awareness and safety improvement daily activities for all of their coworkers.  Way to go!”

Company-wide, Chevron Phillips Chemical has lowered its recordable incident rate by more than 70 percent since the company’s formation and more than half of its facilities were injury-free in 2005.

“I am very proud of this recognition,” said Ray Wilcox, President and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical.  “Our employees at these seven facilities achieved zero injuries and incidents in 2005 to achieve the Star of Excellence, demonstrating that safety truly is our culture at Chevron Phillips Chemical.”

OSHA established VPP in 1982 as a premier partnership with labor and management.  Of the six million eligible facilities in the U.S., approximately 1,200 have achieved the prestigious VPP Star.  The Star of Excellence is presented to VPP Star sites with injury incident rates at least 90 percent below the Bureau of Labor Statistics national average.  Currently, 360 facilities within OSHA Region VI are VPP Stars with 101 sites receiving the Star of Excellence for 2005.

About Chevron Phillips Chemical
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC with its affiliates 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.  Safety is an integral part of the company’s culture, which is demonstrated by more than a 70 percent reduction in recordable incidents since 2000. Eighteen of the company’s 25 U.S. facilities are VPP Star sites. For more information, visit www.cpchem.com.