Midland, MI - August 04, 2014

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) experienced an unplanned outage of its ethylene cracker in Fort Saskatchewan on July 22. This unit is currently back on line at low operating rates, and necessary repairs are being made to bring the operating rates back to full production as quickly as possible. Dow's latest estimates show that approximately 100 kT of ethylene production will be lost as a result of this event.

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Louise Adhikari
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ladhikari@dow.com

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