HOUSTON, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Robert T. Blakely, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lyondell Chemical Company (NYSE: LYO), will address financial analysts at the following event:

     Analyst
     Conference:       Merrill Lynch Chemical Conference in New York
                       Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern
                       Standard Time.

     Web Site Access:  Live, audio-only webcasting will be provided in
                       RealPlayer(TM) and Windows Media formats.  At
                       11:00 a.m. on the day of the event, the webcast can be
                       accessed at www.lyondell.com .

                       The slides will be available at the time of the
                       presentation and afterwards at www.lyondell.com ,
                       Investor Relations - presentations section.

                       No replay of the audio-only broadcasting will be
                       available.

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CONTACT: media, Anne Knisely, +1-713-309-2643, or investors, Patrick Quarles, +1-713-309-7141, both of Lyondell Chemical Company
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