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Exhibit 12.1
 
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
 
STATEMENT SETTING FORTH DETAIL FOR COMPUTATION OF
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
 
                                           
    Successor       Predecessor  
    May 1
      January 1
                   
    through
      through
    For the Year Ended  
    December 31
      April 30,
    December 31,
    December 31,
    December 31,
 
Millions of dollars, except ratio data
  2010       2010     2009     2008     2007  
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ 1,686       $ 7,383     $ (4,283 )   $ (8,191 )   $ 940  
Deduct income (loss) from equity investments
    86         84       (181 )     38       162  
Add distributions of earnings from equity investments
    34         18       26       98       148  
                                           
Earnings adjusted for equity investments
    1,634         7,317       (4,076 )     (8,131 )     926  
                                           
Fixed charges:
                                         
Interest expense, gross
    545         713       1,795       2,476       353  
Portion of rentals representative of interest
    56         35       104       183       24  
                                           
Total fixed charges before capitalized interest
    601         748       1,899       2,659       377  
Capitalized interest
    2         4       35       13       3  
                                           
Total fixed charges including capitalized interest
    603         752       1,934       2,672       380  
                                           
Earnings before fixed charges
  $ 2,237       $ 8,069     $ (2,142 )   $ (5,459 )   $ 1,306  
                                           
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(a)
    3.71         10.73       —-             3.44  
                                           
 
 
(a) For the years 2009 and 2008, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $4,076 million and $8,131 million, respectively.