Chevron Phillips Chemical is the ICIS Company of the Year

NEW YORK and LONDON, September 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

ICIS Chemical Business magazine is pleased to announce that Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC has been named the ICIS Company of the Year.

"We congratulate Chevron Phillips Chemical for an outstanding and significantly improved financial performance in 2010, along with gains continuing through the first half of 2011," said Joseph Chang, Global Editor of ICIS Chemical Business. "We commend the company and CEO Peter Cella for the stellar results."

Chevron Phillips Chemical is equally owned by US-based Chevron Corporation and ConocoPhillips.

In 2010, Chevron Phillips Chemical's net income jumped 126% to a record $1.39bn on 33% higher sales of $11.2bn. Through the first half of 2011, Chevron Phillips Chemical reported $1.07bn in net income.

Chevron Phillips Chemical's record results in 2010 contrast sharply with a net loss of $480m in 2001, its first full year as a joint venture company.

"It is quite a stunning story of progress and achievement over the past decade that we are very proud of," said Peter Cella, CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical.

"Chevron Phillips Chemical produced a strong performance in an in-depth analysis of key financial metrics in 2010," said Nigel Davis, ICIS Insight Editor.

"It came first in the analysis among a group of elite petrochemical players, including Saudi Arabia's SABIC, Austria-headquartered Borealis, US-based Dow Chemical and Netherlands-based LyondellBasell," he added.

The ICIS Company of the Year winner was selected on the analysis of the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies, a global ranking based in US dollars, sponsored by global specialty chemicals distributor DKSH.

See the ICIS Company of the Year article in ICIS Chemical Business at http://www.icis.com/CPChem

See the ICIS interview with CEO Peter Cella at http://www.icis.com/CPChem_interview

The ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies table was compiled by Lara McNamee, Regan Hartnell and the ICIS data & analytics team led by Paul Ray.

A PDF of the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies is available for download at http://www.icis.com/Top100Chem

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC

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, plastic piping and polymer resins. The LLC and its affiliates own over $8 billion in assets and employ approximately 4,600 people at 40 manufacturing and research facilities in eight countries. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC is equally owned by Chevron Corporation and ConocoPhillips, and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. For more information about Chevron Phillips Chemical, visit http://www.cpchem.com.

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DKSH

DKSH is a leading specialty chemicals distributor and global provider of Market Expansion Services for performance materials doing business in and with Asia for nearly 150 years. As an independent solution provider, DKSH sources, develops, markets, and distributes a wide range of specialty chemicals and food ingredients to business partners in specialty chemicals, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials is present in 24 countries and has in-depth local knowledge spanning Asia, Europe, and North America.

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For media inquiries, contact:

Joseph Chang
Global Editor
ICIS Chemical Business
New York, US
T: +1-212-791-4224
joseph.chang@icis.com

Lara McNamee
Online Intelligence Manager
ICIS Data & Analytics
London, UK
T: +44-20-8652-3223
lara.mcnamee@icis.com

Seraina Peter
Communications Manager, Performance Materials
DKSH
Shanghai, China
T: +86 21 5830 0518
seraina.peter@dksh.com