The modern chemical industry is central to the world economy, converting raw materials such as oil, natural gas, air, water, metals and minerals, into more than 70,000 different products, including a vast array of consumer goods. Chemicals play a major part in the rubber and plastic products, textiles, apparel, petroleum-refining, pulp-and-paper and primary metal industries. Chemicals are also major components that are stored at, or transferred into and out of, liquid-terminal facilities.
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