Chevron Phillips Chemical Successfully Starts New Ethane Cracker in Baytown, Texas

Cracker Start-up Completes the Final Phase of the Company's US
Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project

THE WOODLANDS, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical)
announced today that it has successfully introduced feedstock and
commenced operations of a new ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou facility
in Baytown, Texas. At peak production, the unit will produce 1.5 million
metric tons/3.3 billion lbs. per year. This unit will be one of the
largest and most energy efficient crackers in the world. In September
2017, the company announced the successful commissioning and start-up of
two new Marlex® polyethylene units in Old Ocean, Texas, based on the
company's proprietary MarTech® technologies. Together, these assets form
the bulk of the company's U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project
(USGCPP), which was first announced in 2011.

"Construction of these world-scale assets has been ongoing since 2014
and today, we are entering a new era of growth," said Mark Lashier,
president and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical. "With global demand for
ethylene and polyethylene poised for sustained long-term growth, the
U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project will allow Chevron Phillips
Chemical to deliver high-quality products to our customers across the
country and around the globe."

Ethylene produced by the new ethane cracker at Cedar Bayou will be used
to meet the needs of the company's derivative units, including the two
new polyethylene units at Old Ocean, Texas, which are capable of
producing a wide variety of products, ranging from metallocene linear
low-density polyethylene to Advanced Dual Loop bimodal polyethylene
resins. These resins are turned into consumer and industrial products
such as plastic films for food safety and preservation; and polyethylene
pipe for water distribution and natural gas transport. In addition, the
ethylene will feed the company's AlphaPlus® normal alpha olefins plants
which are used extensively for polyethylene comonomers, plasticizers,
synthetic motor oils, lubricants, automotive additives, surfactants,
paper sizing, and in a wide range of other specialty applications.

"Born from the shale revolution that is providing low-cost feedstock,
the U.S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project is the most transformational
project in the history of our company," continued Lashier. "Our company
and our growing employee base, the communities we call home, and the
entire Gulf Coast region's economy will benefit for decades to come as
our project comes to life."

At peak construction, the USGCPP employed approximately 10,000
construction workers. Combined, it has generated 400 additional
permanent jobs.

About Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP is an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, 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. With approximately 5,000 employees, the LLC and its
affiliates own $16.5 billion in assets, including 33 manufacturing and
research facilities in seven countries. Chevron Phillips Chemical
Company LLC is equally owned by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and by wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Phillips 66, and is headquartered in The Woodlands,
Texas. For more information about Chevron Phillips Chemical,
visit www.cpchem.com.
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Contacts

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Bryce Hallowell, 832-813-4220
[email protected]