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5005 LBJ Fwy. Dallas, TX 75244-6119 TX Tel. 972-404-3800 Fax 972-404-3669 |
Type: Subsidiary
On the web:
http://www.oxy.com/Our_Businesses/chemicals/Pages/default.aspx
Employees:
2,500
The chemicals business of Occidental Petroleum, Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) manufactures basic chemicals, vinyls, and performance chemicals. The company is the top US maker of chlorine and caustic soda (used in bleach, plastics, and pulp and paper) and the top producer of potassium hydroxide, or caustic potash (used in fertilizers). Through subsidiary OxyVinyls it's the leading North American maker of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), which is used to make PVC resins. The company operates about 20 plants throughout in the US as well as another three in Brazil, Canada, and Chile. (OxyChem owns 50% of the Brazilian plant.)
Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $612.4M
Officers:
President: B. Chuck Anderson
SVP Business Analysis: Dennis Blake
VP Communications and Public Affairs: Richard Kline
Competitors:
Dow Chemical
Formosa Plastics USA
Georgia Gulf
