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LyondellBasell Industries

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Jonathan Barnes & Pals: How to Spend Those Ill-Gotten Gains? Buy Frank Sinatra's 1957 Caddy

    The first time Frank Sinatra's name has been associated with criminal activity​The U.S. Attorney's office today announced the indictment of three oil traders accused of running an $80 million scam against LyondellBasell, and the most entertaining part was what the trio spent their alleged ill- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Lyondell's "No Injuries" Refinery Fire Had Some Injuries After All, Suit Says

    Workers are claiming "disfigurement"​On May 17, after a fire erupted at a local LyondellBasell refinery, the national headlines read "No Injuries at Houston Refinery."The source? 'Twas the friendly P.R. folks at Lyondell, of course.Given this fact, perhaps it will come to no surprise to learn that ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    A Quiet Hell: Game Time

    Flexible permits offer a loophole big enough to drive an oil tanker through.

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    A Quiet Hell

    Thanks to lax enforcement by TCEQ, plants along the Houston Ship Channel launch tons of toxic gases into our air, and face little penalty even when they exceed pollution limits over and over again.

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