EXHIBIT 23.2

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in 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
Registration Statement.

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


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
June 8, 1999