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## E N E R G Y & T H E E N V I R O N M E N T 

Identifying opportunity at the earliest stages of change is one characteristic of market leadership. As FMC looks to 2015, we expect to be at the launching point of accelerated demand for two major areas of our proprietary chemistries. Both areas will be driven by natural resource realities and cultural priorities. 

## The Next Energy Revolution 

With growing awareness that petroleum-based energy resources are steadily becoming more scarce, more difficult to extract and inevitably more expensive for consumers, today we are at the cusp of growing demand for alternative sources of energy. Energy storage is one of FMC’s key markets where our lithium chemistry is used in lithium-ion batteries to power cell phones, computers, power tools and now automobiles. 

As one of the world’s largest lithium suppliers, we are poised to serve new, innovative energy storage applications that are poised to grow rapidly within the next five years as demand accelerates in the United States, Europe and particularly in India and China. 

With governments and societies in industrialized countries continuing to make shifts in policies and priorities that favor alternative energy sources, we expect steady market growth of 6 to 7 percent annually between 

## O n T h e T h r e s h o l d o f O p p o r t u n i t y 

now and 2015 – and the potential for a doubling of that growth rate starting in 2015. 

Meanwhile, FMC Industrial Chemicals is serving the oil and gas industry, which utilizes hydrogen peroxide for enhanced oil recovery in oil sands operations. And we are exploring other potential uses of our peroxygens chemistry in energy production. 

## Reclaiming The Planet 

Just as sustainable energy resources are becoming a higher priority for people around the globe, there is growing interest in solutions that protect and reclaim the environment. Here, too, FMC offers the right chemistry to serve these vital needs. 

Across our Industrial Chemicals portfolio, we are pursuing a number of promising environmental applications 

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spanning air, soil and water treatment. Our product solutions in this space are cost effective and generally supported by intellectual property and other proprietary technologies. 

The green nature of our peroxygen chemistry makes it a preferred solution for many environmental and food safety applications. Our persulfate chemistry serves as the leading solution for destroying organic contaminants in soil. Meanwhile, our hydrogen peroxide and trona applications are used for scrubbing acid gases from air emissions at utilities and industrial boiler operations. And both hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid are being used to treat municipal and processed waters. 

We envision steadily growing, long-term opportunities in this area, particularly among developed and developing economies, due to increasing natural resource and environmental pressures. 

