Petrochem

Petrochemical Associates International is a megacorporation whose primary focus is the petrochemical industry. Petrochem is the world's largest producer of the synthetic alcohol fuel CHOOH2 (under license from Biotechnica), the primary fuel source for the mid-21st century. Petrochem controls millions of acres of arable land across the NUSA. It is also one of the world's largest oil producers next to SovOil. With the oil supply dwindling, most remaining fossil fuels are used to make plastics and other synthetics, and Petrochem has more fertile oilfields than any other company. All of these assets are huge, and accordingly hard to protect from other companies that would like to usurp Petrochem's wealth

Assets

Corporate Size & Position
Petrochem ranks 8th largest globally by total asset value, with a valuation of approximately 381 billion Eurodollars.
It aims to break into the top 5 megacorporations, needing an additional 50 billion in net assets to do so.
Competitors for this position include major corporations like Militech and SovOil.
Asset Breakdown (Total: ~381 Billion Eurodollars) CHOOH2 Holdings and Sales: 160 billion Petrochem’s core asset, this includes production facilities, sales contracts, and intellectual property related to the synthetic alcohol fuel CHOOH2.
Real Estate and Durable Goods: 100 billion Includes vast land holdings, vehicle fleets, oil projects, and associated infrastructure.
Oil Reserves: 60 billion Valued reserves of crude oil, including wells and fields controlled by Petrochem.
Subsidiaries: 45 billion Equity value in various subsidiary companies spanning pharmaceuticals, agriculture, manufacturing, and entertainment.
Investments and Cash Reserves: 10 billion Liquid assets and financial investments providing operational liquidity and strategic flexibility.
Miscellaneous Holdings: 5 billion Various other assets not categorized above.
Financial Health Petrochem has a smaller net worth than some competitors but is in a stronger financial position due to minimal debt and no large banking operations.
Stock price fluctuates primarily based on CHOOH2 harvests, geopolitical tensions (especially with SovOil), oil reserve discoveries or depletion, and subsidiary performance.
Shares outstanding: 402 million common shares.
Recent stock price range: 79 to 121 EB per share, with a current price around 110 EB.
Human Resources Total employees worldwide: 400,000+
Armed forces personnel: 50,000
Merchant marine: 10,000
Refining/drilling workers: 40,000
CHOOH2 farm workers: 40,000
Agricultural facility workers: 20,000
Executives, researchers, staff: 80,000 (including subsidiaries)
Material and Military Resources Extensive military materiel: artillery, armored and unarmored combat vehicles, missiles, heavy weapons.
Large stocks of general vehicles (trucks, cars), farm and security equipment, computers, and communications gear.
Black Market & Bioweapon Resources Access to biological agents targeting CHOOH2 production components, such as T. megasuavis wheat and the yeast Saccharomyces prestoni.
Chemical and biological warfare agents and combat drugs developed via subsidiaries like Xoma Pharmaceuticals and close ties to Biotechnica.
Subsidiaries and Corporate Structure The holding company is Petrochemical Associates International Corporation (PAIC).
Divisions include:
Petrochem Inc.
Petrochem Petroleum Technologies
Petrochem CHOOH2
Petrochem Advanced Fuel Technologies
Petrochem Credit Union
Petrochem Chemical Industries
Petrochem Armed Forces
Subdivisions span drilling, shipping, refining, farming, weapons, lobbying, marketing, advanced materials, alternate fuels, and more.
Key subsidiaries:
Xoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (biotech and pharmaceuticals)
Continental Farms Agricorp (agriculture)
CHOOH4U, Inc.
SeaRig, Inc. (offshore drilling)
Good Earth Foods
International Hydro-Technologies (pumping and pipelines)
PetroTech Auto Parts
Loomis Advanced Electronic Research
Moo-Moo Burger and Zany-Cola (consumer brands)
Triti-Fizz (beverages)
Hydro-Chem, Inc.
Goman Pharmaceuticals
Sleep King Mattresses
Col-R-Boy Paints
Coastal Engineering and Construction Company
Nanosystems Inc
The Dallas Cowboys football team
...and many more.

History

2000s Trenton Parker walked across the vast desert lands, once dominated by his family’s thriving oil empire. The endless rows of giant oil pumps—monuments to past glory—now stood silent. These machines had once worked in perfect, unceasing rhythm, drawing vast quantities of fossil fuels from deep underground. In his youth, Trenton believed the oil reserves were infinite, sustaining his family’s lavish lifestyle indefinitely.
However, over the years, the oil reserves ran dry. The pumps halted one by one, the pipelines to refineries and shipping ports in Calveston dried up. While some oil production continued in Texas, including some from the Parker family company, it was only a trickle. Oil was now trucked in and primarily used for chemicals and synthetic manufacturing. Many former oil fields were repurposed for cattle grazing or had become desolate, inhabited only by Nomad tribes.
Despite the decline of oil, the Parker family’s fortunes were far from over. The family owned significant arable land, and foresight had led Trenton’s father, Louis, to invest in a new venture years earlier. Five years prior, Louis had secured a licensing agreement with an emerging Italian genetic engineering company, Biotechnica. Parker Petrochemicals became the sole U.S. licensee authorized to grow Triticum vulgaris megasuavis, a genetically modified high-sugar wheat used to produce the synthetic alcohol fuel CHOOH2 through fermentation and catalyzation.
At first, this investment seemed disastrous. The family lost money, land lay fallow, and equipment sat unused. But five years later, the tide turned: major car manufacturers like Ford and General Motors announced plans to produce vehicles powered by CHOOH2 engines. Toyota, Honda, and others soon followed. Research was underway for jet turbines and ships using the fuel, promising CHOOH2 as a new global energy source. Parker Petrochemicals held exclusive U.S. production rights.
This success was shared between Trenton and Ellen Trieste, the latter having provided significant capital to secure the Biotechnica license. Though the Parker family owned the company, Trieste wielded substantial influence, holding power to revoke the license and potentially bankrupt the firm. Nonetheless, she was invested heavily and expected large returns.
2010 The South China Sea war ended with Petrochem’s defeat. SovOil emerged as the dominant crude oil producer, eclipsing Petrochem. However, Petrochem retained the largest CHOOH2 production facilities and a broad research and manufacturing base in chemicals and materials. The war slowed growth, but the company gradually recovered financially and in manpower.
Tensions grew between Trenton Parker and Ellen Trieste, who had supported the war while Trenton opposed it. A power struggle ensued within the company, with Trenton briefly gaining ground before Trieste blocked his attempt to seize control. Neither side could completely dominate, and open conflict was avoided for the time being.
2020 By 2020, Petrochem had become a global powerhouse, leading in chemistry, materials research, and agriculture, as well as maintaining its position as the world’s top CHOOH2 producer. However, internal conflicts escalated sharply, with factions led by Trenton Parker opposing those of Ellen Trieste and Angus Youngblood. Intrigue, betrayal, and preparation for corporate warfare threatened to tear the company apart from within.
2045 Though Petrochem did not directly participate in the Fourth Corporate War, it faced ongoing skirmishes defending its wells and fields from SovOil attacks. The conflict severely depleted the company’s resources. After the war, Petrochem emerged as a key player keeping global energy supplies running amid the collapse of many multinational fuel firms. The company invested heavily in defense, building a private armed force rivaling a small nation’s military.
Despite frustrations over its CHOOH2 licensing agreement with Biotechnica, Petrochem’s CEO sought to absorb the smaller biotech firm to consolidate control and eliminate the license constraints.
2077 In 2077, Petrochem remained the world’s largest producer of CHOOH2. However, the company’s fortunes declined sharply following severe droughts in 2076, which devastated soybean and corn yields—the main raw materials for CHOOH2 production. Governments in Brazil and Colombia, where Petrochem operated its largest plantations, threatened to seize harvests to combat rising famine and social unrest. Though Petrochem’s lobbyists averted seizures, the company’s stock plummeted 11% by the end of 2076.
In response, Petrochem’s CEO, Lars Muhammad, announced plans to acquire one million acres of arable land in the USSR territories of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Dagestan, seeking to secure new sources for agricultural production and stabilize the company’s fuel output.

Type

Megacorporation