CMAI Outlines Shell Chemicals' Strategic Business Position

Houston, TX - Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) recently completed the Chemical Company Analysis (CCA) on Shell Chemicals, the fifth company report of the 2007 Edition. The report includes strategic direction, financial overviews, global chemical business operations/positions, chemical manufacturing site descriptions and chemical product material balances for Shell Chemicals.

Shell Chemicals encompasses the various Shell Group companies engaged in the chemicals business. The company ranks among the top five global chemical manufacturers and is primarily involved in the production of bulk petrochemicals for large industrial customers. About 6000 employees work in manufacturing facilities, service centers, research facilities and offices around the world. Major production centers are located in West Europe, North America, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and most recently China.

Shell Chemicals is pursuing a business strategy that focuses on sustained development. The strategy thus emphasizes sustained cash generation and continuing portfolio reshaping with focus on the growing markets in the Asia/Pacific region. This implies a shift of investments toward the growth centers in Asia and the Middle East, where advantaged feedstock costs favor the production of bulk chemicals.

The Chemical Company Analysis (CCA) is a multi-client service aimed at analyzing the structure, dynamics, competition and strategic issues of global and regional chemical industry participants. The 2007 Edition includes company reports on Lyondell, DuPont, SINOPEC, ExxonMobil, Shell, Westlake, and Titan; as well as a supplemental report on the pro-forma combined assets of LyondellBasell Industries. Company reports that will be published in the 2008 Edition of the CCA are ChevronPhillips Chemical, Braskem, PetroChina, Total Petrochemical, Borealis and Mitsubishi Chemical.

SOURCE: Chemical Market Associates, Inc.