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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 and 33 more.
chemXplore tracks 50 projects involving INEOS, of which 10 are active.
Besides these 10, the record holds 31 completed projects, 5 on hold, 3 cancelled and 1 without a phase.
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4 more active projects and the 40 that are completed, on hold or cancelled are in the record. See all 50 in chemXplore →
2 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.
Acquisition secures the UK’s sole ethylene dichloride capacity and integrates chlor‑alkali and EDC production at Runcorn, protecting critical chlorine supply for water treatment.
Pushes integrated regional bases, oil‑to‑chemicals/specialty conversions, smart factories and capacity rationalisation to secure feedstocks and high‑end materials for advanced manufacturing.
New LowINCO₂ range offers product carbon footprints up to half the European industry average and helps customers cut Scope 3 emissions.
EU launches anti-dumping probe after PVC imports doubled in 12 months; industry urges faster provisional measures, safeguards and more DG Trade resources to protect European production.
Ten-year run of transatlantic ethane imports secured Grangemouth's feedstock for ethylene production; over 400 shipments, major infrastructure and fleet growth underpin resilience.
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.
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