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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Inventories [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Inventory |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Finished products |  | $ | 234,830 |  |  | $ | 219,568 |
Feedstock, additives, and chemicals |  |  | 207,899 |  |  |  | 189,007 |
Materials and supplies |  |  | 48,048 |  |  |  | 41,453 |
Inventories |  | $ | 490,777 |  |  | $ | 450,028 |

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