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5
Chemicals
The Chemicals business manufactures, distributes and markets
refi nery-based petrochemicals used in the fi bers, resins and
specialties markets. Key products include polypropylene, phenol
and bisphenol-A used in many consumer and industrial products.
With production at nine plants and annual sales of approximately
fi ve billion pounds, Sunoco Chemicals is a major force in its markets.
The primary focus of Sunoco Chemicals is to quickly adapt to the
rapidly changing marketplace in order to maximize profi tability and
better serve its customers through safe and reliable operations
while pursuing the necessary investments to remain competitive
and enhance the earnings power of the business.
Coke
Sun Coke Company manufactures high-quality coke for use in the
production of blast furnace steel. Aggregate annual production from its
Indiana Harbor, Jewell and Haverhill facilities is approximately 2.5 million
tons, representing over 15 percent of total U.S. coke supply. Additionally,
a 1.7 million tons-per-year facility in Vitória, Brazil, in which Sun Coke will
have a minority joint-venture interest, is expected to begin operations
in late 2006. With a proven, proprietary technology, this business is
expected to pursue opportunities for additional coke plants in both the
domestic and international markets.
Logistics
Sunoco’s Logistics business operates refi ned product and crude
oil pipelines and terminals and conducts crude oil acquisition and
marketing activities primarily in the Northeast, Midwest and South
Central regions of the United States. Sunoco’s interests consist
largely of its 47.9 percent ownership and general partner interests
in Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (NYSE: SXL), a publicly traded
master limited partnership. Sunoco Logistics Partners aims to grow
distributable cash fl ow through internal growth and acquisitions.