21.   Oil and gas are used to generate electrical power and make chemicals.

22.   Other decliners included Indupa SA, which makes chemicals used in plastic soda bottles.

23.   Similarly, the drop in crude prices in the first quarter helped boost chemicals profits because crude is used to make chemicals.

24.   Soquimich, which makes industrial chemicals, fertilizers and iodine from mineral deposits in northern Chile, was hit as its costs rose.

25.   Sybron makes specialty chemicals for water and waste treatment and textile dyeing.

26.   That would allow Elf to concentrate on the business of pumping and selling oil, and making chemicals.

27.   The company also makes other chemicals, such as butanediol, which Arco Chemical sells to customers who use it in pharmaceuticals, solvents and other products.

28.   The company also said it would put a plant in Brandenburg, Ky., that makes chemicals for household cleaners on the block.

29.   The business fits better with MacDermid, which makes specialty chemicals for the metal finishing and electronics industries, the company said.

30.   The focus soon shifted to corn starch as a more promising source of the carbohydrates needed to make those chemicals.