HOUSTON, Jan. 10 /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:    Deutsche Bank Chemical and Energy High Yield Conference in
                    Houston
                    Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at 10:20 a.m. Central Standard
                    Time

     Presentation:  The slides will be posted on www.lyondell.com , investor
                    relations -- presentations section -- and will be
                    available beginning Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at
                    10:20 a.m. Central Standard Time.

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SOURCE Lyondell Chemical Company
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CONTACT: media, Anne Knisely, +1-713-309-2643, or investors, Patrick Quarles, +1-713-652-4590, both of Lyondell Chemical Company
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