EXHIBIT 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP
This Certificate of Limited Partnership of Equistar Chemicals, LP (the
"Partnership") is being executed and filed by the undersigned, the two general
partners of the Partnership (the "General Partners"), to form a limited
partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.
1. The name of the limited partnership is Equistar Chemicals, LP.
2. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State
of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New
Castle County, Delaware 19801, and the name and address of the registered agent
for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The
Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.
3. The name and business address of each of the General Partners is:
Lyondell Petrochemical G.P. Inc.
1221 McKinney
Suite 1600
Houston, Texas 77010
Millennium Petrochemicals GP LLC
Meadowood Shopping Center
2664 Capitol Trail
Newark, Delaware 19711
-1-
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set its hand
this 17th day of October, 1997.
Lyondell Petrochemical G.P. Inc.
By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Pendergraft
---------------------------------------
Name: Jeffrey R. Pendergraft
-----------------------------------
Title: Executive Vice President
----------------------------------
Millennium Petrochemicals GP LLC
By: /s/ George H. Hempstead
---------------------------------------
Name: George H. Hempstead
-----------------------------------
Title: Senior Vice President
----------------------------------
-2-