LyondellBasell (LYB) is finally calling it quits on the refinery business and has announced plans to close its Houston facility “no later than December 31, 2023.” The...

Peter Vannacker will step into his new role as CEO of LyondellBasell (LYB) on May 23. The company's Board of Directors appointed the 55-year-old German-Belgian dual...

Peter Vanacker, currently president and CEO of Finnish refiner Neste, has been tapped to be the new CEO of LyondellBasell (LYB) starting at the latest in June 2022. He...

LyondellBasell has won two separate contracts from Chinese companies to license its PE and PP technology. In the first, Lianyungang Petrochemical, owned by Zhejiang...

In a sign that the administration of US president Joe Biden will be tougher on environmental offenses than that of former president Donald Trump, three companies...

LyondellBasell has been selected by Spanish energy and chemicals company Repsol Químic to provide its Spherizone technology for a PP plant to be built in Portugal. The...

Bhavesh (Bob) Patel, who announced on Aug. 25 his resignation as CEO of US polyolefins giant LyondellBasell, will lead W. R. Grace with effect from January 2022. The...

LyondellBasell (LYB) has announced it is restarting its polymers and olefins units at La Porte, Texas, USA, where a production facility was hit by an acetic acid leak on...