EXHIBIT 23.2

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this 
Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Equistar Chemicals, LP, of (1) our 
report dated February 26, 1999 relating to the financial statements of Equistar 
Chemicals, LP at December 31, 1998 and 1997, for the year ended December 31, 
1998 and for the period December 1, 1997 (inception) to December 31, 1997; (2) 
our report dated July 7, 1998 relating to the contributed petrochemicals and 
polymers business of Lyondell Petrochemical Company at November 30, 1997 and 
December 31, 1996, for the eleven month period ended November 30, 1997 and for 
each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1996; and (3) our report 
dated July 9, 1998 relating to the contributed business of Millennium Chemicals,
Inc. at November 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996, for the eleven month period 
ended November 30, 1997 and for each of the two years in the period ended 
December 31, 1996 which appear in such Prospectus.

We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Experts", "Selected
Pro Forma and Historical Financial and Operating Data of Equistar", "Selected
Pro Forma and Historical Financial and Operating Data of the Lyondell
Contributed Business" and "Selected Pro Forma and Historical Financial and
Operating Data of the Millennium Contributed Business" in such Prospectus.
However, it should be noted that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has not prepared or
certified such "Selected Historical Financial and Operating Data."


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
April 16, 1999