The report includes a comprehensive review of phenol production technology and process economics, as well as cumene production technology and economics. Supply, demand and trade analysis is also included.
The SBA Program identifies the strategic trends & issues that will shape this industry based upon a review of the fundamental business drivers & their dynamics, covering markets, pricing, technology, & delivered cost competitiveness.
Options for using carbon dioxide in the production of a range of chemicals (DMC, polycarbonate, ethanol, syngas, fuels, cement etc.) have been analyzed. Market potential, commercial, economic and regulatory issues are discussed
This report provides an analysis of key developments in the methanol industry, including capacity updates, profitability and pricing developments over the past quarter.
Methanol Strategic Business Analysis (SBA) identifies the strategic trends and issues that shape the industry. Reviews the fundamental business drivers and dynamics; markets, pricing, technology, and delivered cost competitiveness.
This supplement provides a cost of production for olefins and polyolefins in many locations around the world. In addition, the effect of ethane from U.S. shale gas and bio-ethylene from sugar cane and Russian ethane has been studied.
Propylene was historically available as a co-product of naphtha cracking. The switch to lighter feedstocks from shale gas resulted in a decline in cracker propylene co-production. This report examines the process technologies and economics for the propylene production.
This study catalogues and assesses global progress of the sector comprised of companies commercializing renewable chemicals production, considering a wide range of chemicals, including drop-in, identical substitutes for incumbent petrochemicals, and new types of molecules that can substitute for the incumbents.