Exxon, Lyondell among suitors for Shell's US chemical assets, could fetch $8 billion, FT reports
Shell’s U.S. chemicals business may be sold for about $8 billion after suitors including ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell, Apollo and Kuwait Petroleum submitted non-binding offers last month. Bids reportedly ranged from the whole operation to individual parts, a level described as a steep discount to Shell’s capital invested. The unit includes plants at four sites in Louisiana, Texas and Pennsylvania making chemicals for plastics, detergents and pharmaceuticals.