INEOS is a global petrochemicals manufacturer headquartered in Lyndhurst, United Kingdom. The company operates 148 sites across 26 countries and employs over 23,000 people, generating approximately $50 billion in annual revenue.
INEOS comprises 28 individual businesses focused on the production of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals, and oil products. Key activities include the manufacture of polymers, acetyls, aromatics, styrenics, chlorovinyls, olefins, and other chemical intermediates used in industries such as packaging, automotive, construction, agriculture, and consumer goods.
The company maintains significant manufacturing operations in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom and Belgium, as well as in North America and Asia. It is privately held, with ownership by founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe and co-owners Andy Currie and John Reece.
Since its founding in 1998, INEOS has grown through strategic acquisitions and expansion to become one of the largest players in the global chemical industry. It also has interests in energy production, trading, and related sectors.
Also known as INEOS Phenol GmbH, INEOS Phenol, INEOS Energy Europe, INEOS Enterprises Holdings Limited, INEOS Enterprises, INEOS Acetyls, INEOS Chemicals Grangemouth Ltd, INEOS Grangemouth, INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA, INEOS Olefins and Polymers, INEOS Styrolution, INEOS Inovyn, INEOS Group Holdings S.A., INEOS AG, Ineos Group Limited, Ineos, INEOS Nitriles, INEOS Shale, INEOS Polyolefin Catalysts, INEOS Pigments, INEOS Oligomers, INEOS FPS, INEOS Electrochemical Solutions, INEOS Composites, INEOS Aromatics Limited, INEOS Aromatics, INEOS KOH, ASHTA Chemicals Inc, INEOS Finance plc, INEOS Finance, INEOS Energy Trading Limited, INEOS Energy, INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe, INEOS Europe AG, INEOS OLEFINS BELGIUM NV, INEOS Olefins Belgium NV, INEOS Olefins Belgium, and INEOS Technologies.
chemXplore tracks 46 projects involving INEOS, of which 10 are active.
INEOS's role on them: Owner, Investor / Financier, Operator, Developer, Offtaker, Technology licensor, and Technology / equipment supplier.
9 new construction and 1 expansion.
4 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.
Contractors, licensors, and offtakers are recorded on 8 of these 10 projects For subscribers
Targeting: Carbon dioxide (3), Ethylene (3), Hydrogen (3), Propylene (2), Acetonitril (1), Ethane (1)
Three world-scale acetyls units in Hull mothballed, threatening nearly 4,000 skilled jobs and eliminating Europe’s last large acetyls capacity amid extreme gas-price disparity.
Greensand begins commercial offshore CO₂ storage from biogenic sources, using a dedicated terminal and the EU’s first purpose-built CO₂ carrier to inject into a depleted North Sea reservoir.
From 2029 decommissioning spend will exceed capital; approving Jackdaw and Rosebank and restoring fiscal stability could retain ~£11bn planned investment and avoid a ~£13bn fiscal hit by 2035.
Units move to stabilise refining volumes, raise new‑materials output and upgrade product mix while pushing structural adjustment under the 'one base, two wings, three chains, four new' pattern.
Buys remaining 50% of Runcorn MCP and EDC assets and staff; integrates chlor‑alkali and EDC value chain to secure chlorine supply for water treatment; completion subject to approvals, due later this year.
First of two final heavy modules reached Antwerp after months trapped in the Strait of Hormuz; second expected shortly as installation and commissioning enter peak phase.
Advanced pyrolysis plant at Bamble will process 33,000 t/yr of end-of-life plastics, powered by renewable energy to produce recycled ethylene and virgin-quality recycled polyethylene.
Warns China is dumping excess chemical capacity into Europe, calls for faster trade safeguards and ETS Investment Booster support for Project ONE (€5bn) low‑carbon ethylene.
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The 8 with the most active projects, of 9 countries.
