31.   Ethylene and other petrochemicals are key building blocks for making plastics, fibres and packaging materials.

32.   US oil giants Mobil Corp. and Exxon Corp. are expected to set up mammoth plants to manufacture ethylene used for making plastics, fibres and packing materials.

33.   PT Chandra Asri will be the first firm in Indonesia to produce olefins, a petrochemical byproduct used to make plastics.