Sinopec Becomes World's Largest SBC Producer

BEIJING--August 25, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In mid-August, the total production capacity of styrene butadiene block copolymer (SBC) of China Petroleum Corporation (Beijing), the holding company of China Petroleum & Chemical Company Limited (NYSE:SNP) (Sinopec) (Beijing) and one of the top-three oil giants in China, reached 410,000 metric tons per year, surpassing the output of 405,000 metric tons per year of Kraton Polymers LLC (Houston, Texas), a leading global producer of engineered polymers. Sinopec is now the largest SBC producer in the world, the company announced on August 21, 2009, on its website. Other companies featured: Maoming Petrochemical Company (SHE:000637)