Exxon used two fertilizers in the cleanup: Customblen, * a slow-release solid fertilizer that was developed by Grace Sierra Chemicals for agricultural and lawn use, and Inipol, * manufactured by a subsidiary of Elf Aquitaine. *
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Environment Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 51, p. 3168
(April 16, 1993). Copyright 1993 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
from Roger Prince, Exxon Sr. staff biochemist
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Original Manufacturer of Inipol EAP 22 7-28-89 was
CECA - of Atofina company,
the chemical branch of TotalFinaElf *
at that time Inipol EAP 22
was owned by Exxon
with MSDS by Exxon..
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source: MSDS for Inipol EAP 22/ July 28, 1989
Remember, Exxon took the 1985 French formula for inipol & revamped it, creating Inipol EAP 22
III.NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PRIMARY DISTRIBUTORS
Elf Atochem
North America, Inc.
2000 Market Street, Suite 1900
Philadelphia, PA 19103
ATOFINA, the Chemical branch of the Oil Group TotalFinaElf, was created in April 2000 from the merger of the chemical and petrochemical activities of TotalFina and Elf Aquitaine.
ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., was formed in June 2000 following the merger of TotalFina and Elf Aquitaine. ATOFINA Chemicals was formerly Elf Atochem North America, which was formed at the end of 1989 through the merger of Atochem, Inc., M&T Chemicals, Inc., and Pennwalt Corporation. From 1989 to the end of 1991 the company was known as Atochem North America, Inc. From 1992 to 2000 it was known as Elf Atochem North America, Inc. Atochem, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and specialty chemicals, was formed in 1984 as the U.S. chemicals unit of Elf Aquitaine, one of the world's top 10 oil and gas companies. M&T Chemicals was founded in 1908 as Goldschmidt Detinning Company and became Metals and Thermit Corporation in 1918. Pennwalt, a publicly-held chemical manufacturer, was started by an enterprising group of Quaker businessmen in 1850 as the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, producing lye and other alkaline salts from natural salts.ATOFINA Chemicals has sales of $1.4 billion and is an affiliate of ATOFINA
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2002 problems for Atofina Chemical Plant http://www.detnews.com/2002/health/0205/28/a01-500587.htm
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