UNIPOL(TM) PP Process from Dow Selected by Pertamina for Balongan Polypropylene Project...

UNIPOL(TM) PP Process from Dow Selected by Pertamina for Balongan
Polypropylene Project in Indonesia

MIDLAND, Mich., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- UNIPOL(TM) Polypropylene Process
Technology from Dow Basic Plastics has been selected by PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO)
for its new 250 KTA polypropylene facility at its Balongan complex in West
Java, Indonesia. A license agreement for the facility was signed earlier this
month.

When the project is completed in 2011, the facility will produce a mix of
polypropylene products including homopolymer, random copolymer and impact
copolymers. Products will be marketed primarily in the domestic market.

"Pertamina chose the UNIPOL PP Process because the technology will enable them
to build and operate the most competitive and advantaged facility capable of
producing a full range of performance polypropylene products to serve the
market's ever changing needs," said Karen Shepard Jackson, global commercial
director, Dow Polypropylene Licensing and Catalyst business. "Producers like
Pertamina appreciate proven technology with a strong track record of
reliability, flexibility, safety and advantaged economics. UNIPOL(TM)
Polypropylene Technology and the advanced SHAC(TM) Catalyst Systems give
licensees the capability to achieve economies of scale and offer a full range
of products to customers."

When this plant and others currently in the execution stage enter service, the
technology will be used to produce nearly 11 million metric tons of
polypropylene per year, which will represent more than 17 percent of total
global capacity.

Polypropylene is a versatile plastic used in packaging, durable goods,
automotive parts, non-wovens, fibers, and consumer applications.

About Pertamina

PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO) is the state-owned oil and gas company (National Oil
Company) of Indonesia, established in 1957. Pertamina's scope of business
incorporates an upstream sector covering oil, gas and geothermal energy
exploration and production both domestically and overseas, and a downstream
sector that includes processing, marketing, trading and shipping. Pertamina
owns seven oil refineries and is one of the world's largest producers of
natural gas. Pertamina's products include a wide range of fuels, LPG, LNG,
chemicals, additives and retail products.

About Dow

With sales of $58 billion in 2008 and 46,000 employees worldwide, Dow (NYSE:
DOW) is a diversified chemical company that combines the power of science and
technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve what is essential to
human progress. The Company delivers a broad range of products and services to
customers in around 160 countries, connecting chemistry and innovation with
the principles of sustainability to help provide everything from fresh water,
food and pharmaceuticals to paints, packaging and personal care products. On
April 1, 2009, Dow acquired Rohm and Haas Company, a global specialty
materials company with sales of $10 billion in 2008 and 15,000 employees
worldwide. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More
information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

Dow Basic Plastics is a business group of Dow that serves customers worldwide,
supplying products, technology and services to industries including
appliances, automotive parts, food and beverage packaging, building and
construction, consumer goods and electronics, fibers and nonwovens, films,
bags and packaging for food and consumer products, plastic pipes and tubing,
housewares, medical films and devices.

SOURCE The Dow Chemical Company

Catherine Maxey of The Dow Chemical Company, +1-989-636-4506; or Urszula
Murphy of Gibbs & Soell PR, +1-212-697-2600 ext. 1296,
umurphy@gibbs-soell.com; or Mr. Heru Sutrisno, VP Strategic Planning &
Business Development of PT PERTAMINA (PERSERO), +62 21 381 5414,
Heru_str@pertamina.com