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Wednesday, June 09 2021 - 22:58
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/C O R R E C T I O N -- LyondellBasell Industries/
HOUSTON and HONG KONG, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

In the news release, LyondellBasell Announces Startup of 400,000 KTA / year 
South Korean Joint Venture Facility, issued 08-Jun-2021 by LyondellBasell 
Industries over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the headline 
should read "LyondellBasell Announces Startup of 400 KTA / year South Korean 
Joint Venture Facility." In the first paragraph, "400,000 kiloton per annum" 
should read "400 kiloton per annum." The complete, corrected release follows:

LyondellBasell Announces Startup of 400 KTA / year South Korean Joint Venture 
Facility

HOUSTON and HONG KONG, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced the successful startup of Ulsan PP 
Co., Ltd.'s 400 kiloton per annum (KTA) polypropylene production facility. The 
facility, located in the southeastern port city of Ulsan, South Korea, is one 
of the largest of its kind in Asia. Ulsan PP Co., Ltd., is a joint venture 
between PolyMirae Company Ltd., (a 50:50 partnership of LyondellBasell ( 
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) and DL ( 
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) Chemical) and SK Advanced.

"Through the pandemic, Asian demand for polypropylene remained strong. Now, 
with the global economy recovering as well, this joint venture is extremely 
well positioned to meet even greater demand in the region," said Ken Lane, 
LyondellBasell Executive Vice President, Olefins and Polyolefins.

The facility uses LyondellBasell's fifth generation Spheripol PP process 
technology. Under the joint venture agreement, PolyMirae will offtake and sell 
all polypropylene produced by the facility to customers throughout Asia. The 
companies broke ground on the facility in 2019.

About SK Advanced
SK Advanced is a joint venture between Korea's SK Gas, Saudi Arabia's APC and 
Kuwait's PIC, a subsidiary of Kuwait's state-run oil company, Kuwait Petroleum 
Company (KPC). SK Advanced won the Industrial Peace Prize of Ulsan city for its 
efforts to maintain an accident-free workplace and build excellent 
labor-management relations since 2016.

About PolyMirae
PolyMirae is a 50:50 joint venture between DL Chemical and LyondellBasell, both 
of which are well-respected companies worldwide, and is a leading polypropylene 
production company in Korea. With DL Chemical's outstanding accumulated onsite 
operational experience and LyondellBasell's core technologies and worldwide 
sales network, PolyMirae was founded on September 1, 2000, in order to produce 
and supply the best polypropylene in Asia.

About DL Chemical (50% partner in PolyMirae)
DL Chemical is a leading petrochemical company with more than 46 years of 
operational experience and unique technological know-how. Based in Korea, the 
company was the first petrochemical firm in the country to commercialize 
metallocene polyethylene and polybutene, as well as the first to export 
polybutene technology to the U.S. DL Chemical is the world's largest producer 
of polybutene with a production capacity of 200 KTA year.

About LyondellBasell (50% partner in PolyMirae)
LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and 
refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, 
LyondellBasell produces materials and products that are key to advancing 
solutions to modern challenges like enhancing food safety through 
lightweight and flexible packaging, protecting the purity of water supplies 
through stronger and more versatile pipes, improving the safety, comfort and 
fuel efficiency of many of the cars and trucks on the road, and ensuring the 
safe and effective functionality in electronics and appliances. LyondellBasell 
sells products into more than 100 countries and is the world's largest producer 
of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin 
technologies. In 2021, LyondellBasell was named to FORTUNE Magazine's 
list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" for the fourth consecutive 
year. More information about LyondellBasell can be found 
at www.lyondellbasell.com. 

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