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Petrochemicals

Spain’s Cepsa carves out chemicals unit

by Alex Scott
December 4, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 44

 

A photo of a chemical plant in Spain.
Credit: Cepsa
Cepsa says this plant in San Roque, Spain, is one of the world's largest producers of linear alkylbenzene for detergents.

The Spanish energy group Cepsa has carved out its chemical division, and in January the unit will begin operating as an independent business. Cepsa says it will review “all strategic options” for the chemical business. Last year the business had sales of about $2.9 billion of petrochemicals including phenol, linear alkylbenzene, and paraffins, from plants in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Indonesia, and Spain.

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