OREANDA-NEWS. February 09, 2016. LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, today announced the completion of the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petroken Petroquimica Ensenada S.A. (Petroken) to Grupo Inversor Petroqu?mica S.L. (GIP) for \\$184 million.

Petroken operates a 180 kiloton plant in Ensenada and is a leading polypropylene producer in Argentina.

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