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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  
    For the
Nine Months
Ended
                            For the Year Ended  
          May 1     May 1     January 1,        
          through     through     through        
    September 30,     December 31,     September 30,     April 30,     December 31,     December 31,     December 31,     December 31,  
Millions of dollars, except ratio data   2011     2010     2010     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ 3,498     $ 1,686     $ 1,096     $ 7,383     $ (4,283 )   $ (8,191 )   $ 940     $ 630  
Deduct income (loss) from equity investments
    183       86       56       84       (181 )     38       162       130  
Add distributions of earnings from equity investments
    162       34       28       18       26       98       148       44  
 
                                               
Earnings adjusted for equity investments.
    3,477       1,634       1,068       7,317       (4,076 )     (8,131 )     926       544  
 
                                               
Fixed charges:
                                                               
Interest expense, gross
    495       545       314       713       1,795       2,476       353       332  
Portion of rentals representative of interest
    68       56       43       35       104       183       24       17  
 
                                               
Total fixed charges before capitalized interest
    563       601       357       748       1,899       2,659       377       349  
Capitalized interest
    1       2       2       4       35       13       3       1  
 
                                               
Total fixed charges including capitalized interest
    564       603       359       752       1,934       2,672       380       350  
 
                                               
Earnings before fixed charges
  $ 4,041     $ 2,237     $ 1,427     $ 8,069     $ (2,142 )   $ (5,459 )   $ 1,306     $ 894  
 
                                               
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(a)
    7.16       3.71       3.97       10.73                   3.44       2.55  
 
                                               
 
(a)   For the years 2009 and 2008, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $4,076 million and $8,131 million, respectively.