Segment Profile
The Chemicals segment consists of the Petrochemicals and Intermediates divisions. It supplies the other segments with basic chemicals and intermediates, contributing to the organic growth of our key value chains as well as to our direct customer business. Alongside internal transfers, our customers mainly come from the chemical and plastics industries. We aim to further expand our competitiveness through technological leadership and operational excellence.
CO2 reduction in the cement industry
With over 50 years of expertise in gas treatment, BASF is opening up new markets and making important contributions to reducing CO2 emissions. For example, a cement production facility at Heidelberg Materials will be the first to use a large-scale CO2 capture plant in which a process based on OASE® blue, jointly developed by BASF, Linde and Heidelberg Materials, will be used. From 2025, around 70,000 metric tons of CO2 per year will be captured, purified and liquefied in this first plant of its kind for capturing and recycling CO2 in cement production at the Lengfurt site in Bavaria. As cement production is associated with considerable CO2 emissions, we and our partners are making an important contribution to reducing emissions. The use of the special OASE®-based process is open to all companies in the cement industry.
Sales
€10,369 million
2022: €14,895 million
Segment cash flow
–€936 million
2022: €1,878 million
EBIT before special items
€361 million
2022: €1,956 million
EBITDA before special items
€1,167 million
2022: €2,774 million
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Products |
Customer industries and applications |
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Petrochemicals |
Ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, alcohols, solvents, plasticizers, alkylene oxides, glycols, acrylic monomers, styrene and polystyrene, styrenic foams, superabsorbents |
Chemical, plastics, construction, detergent, hygiene, automotive, packaging and textile industries; production of paints, coatings, cosmetics and oilfield as well as paper chemicals Use in the BASF Verbund |
Intermediates |
Basic products: butanediol and derivatives, alkylamines and alkanolamines, neopentyl glycol, formic and propionic acid Specialities: specialty amines such as tertiary butylamine and polyetheramine, gas treatment chemicals, vinyl monomers, acid chlorides, chloroformates, chiral intermediates |
Chemical, plastics, coatings, construction, automotive, wind energy, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries; production of detergents and cleaners, textile fibers, cosmetics, oilfield and paper chemicals Use in the BASF Verbund |
Product |
Europe |
North America |
Asia Pacific |
South America, Africa, Middle East |
Annual capacity (metric tons) |
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Acrylic acid |
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1,510,000 |
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Alkylamines |
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250,000 |
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Formic acid |
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305,000 |
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Benzene |
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910,000 |
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Butadiene |
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680,000 |
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Butanediol equivalents |
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550,000 |
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Ethanolamines and derivatives |
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440,000 |
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Ethylene |
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3,480,000 |
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Ethylene oxide |
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1,655,000 |
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Neopentyl glycol |
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|
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255,000 |
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Oxo-C4 alcohols (calculated as butyraldehyde) |
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1,625,000 |
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PolyTHF® |
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350,000 |
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Propionic acid |
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220,000 |
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Propylene |
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2,680,000 |
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Styropor® / Neopor® |
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545,000 |
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Superabsorbents |
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585,000 |
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Plasticizers |
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595,000 |
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