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Dec 2018
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Polymers and Plastics

Plastics in the Automotive Industry - Which Materials Will Be the Winners and Losers?

This report examines the main polymers used in automotive production and how their usage is likely to evolve over the next ten years, in response to key trends such as lightweighting, emergence of high performance polymers and new manufacturing techniques. Forecasts of plastics consumption through 2025 are provided for the major global regions under different scenarios for electric vehicle penetration.
Jun 2017
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Polymers and Plastics
Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials

Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 3: Technology Analysis

The polyisobutylene (PIB) market has been in flux recently, because of feedstock, process, and applications dynamics.  Nexant has prepared a suite of three reports using an integrated/modular approach to analyze PIB markets, economics, and technology. This study will be useful to players all along the value chain, and especially to PIB producers, feedstock suppliers, PIB consumers, and potential new players considering entering the PIB market.  The purpose of this report is to analyze developments in PIB markets, economics, and technology; and to provide insights into future prospects for the global industry via a three oil scenario (high, medium, low) approach.The three reports in the suite are Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 1: Market Analysis; Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 2: Economic Analysis; and Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 3: Technical Analysis.
May 2017
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Polymers and Plastics
Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials

Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 2: Economic Analysis

The polyisobutylene (PIB) market has been in flux recently, because of feedstock, process, and applications dynamics.  Nexant has prepared a suite of three reports using an integrated/modular approach to analyze PIB markets, economics, and technology. This study will be useful to players all along the value chain, and especially to PIB producers, feedstock suppliers, PIB consumers, and potential new players considering entering the PIB market.  The purpose of this report is to analyze developments in PIB markets, economics, and technology; and to provide insights into future prospects for the global industry via a three oil scenario (high, medium, low) approach. The three reports in the suite are Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 1: Market Analysis; Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 2: Economic Analysis; and Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 3: Technical Analysis.
Dec 2016
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics

Oil Price and the Cost Competitiveness of Petrochemicals

Given the large capital investments required to develop world scale petrochemical plants, project sponsors need to understand how the cost competitiveness and return on their investments will be impacted under various oil price scenarios.  This report analyzes investment opportunities based on three oil price scenarios and the impact it has on cost curve position, delivered cost, and return on capital.
Oct 2016
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics

C5 Chemicals: Unlocking Hidden Opportunities in Steam Crackers?

This report aims to provide a comprehensive business analysis, including commercial, technical, economic, and strategic considerations, addressing key issues facing the C5 chemicals sector. The report examines subjects related to availability of C5 chemicals (focused on isoprene, DCPD and piperylene), prospects and trends in the various regional C5 markets as well as general business structure within the C5 industry.
Dec 2015
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics

On-Purpose Propylene in an Era of Uncertainty

This report carefully examines the current and future market dynamics, technology and economics for feedstocks, olefins, and propylene in particular. This report will help project developers, lenders and customers understand which route to on-purpose propylene is advantaged in various regions of the world and the issues that might impact decision making using four different crude oil scenarios.
Dec 2015
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics
C1 Chemicals and Fertilizers

Strategic Assessment: Future of the Iranian Petrochemical Industry

This report provides a strategic assessment of the key elements of change expected in the petrochemical industry from the renewed acceptance and likely easing of sanctions in Iran.  Before sanctions took hold and curtailed the development of the largely export-oriented industry, Iran had ambitious plans to develop a world scale petrochemical industry. When this development stalled other Middle Eastern players took advantage of the opportunity. However, a re-emergence of petrochemical momentum in Iran would undoubtedly have implications for the rest of the Middle East industry and how it develops.  Nexant looks at the current state of the industry in Iran and evaluates how it will develop, assessing the real opportunities for investors and how this will impact the global markets.  
Apr 2014
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Polymers and Plastics

Municipal Solid Waste: Using Our Refuse

This report characterizes the sources and current dispositions of MSW and trends, reviews policy and economic trends that are affecting the composition of the waste stream globally, and explores waste management strategies that will reduce the dependence on traditional landfilling and incineration. This report describes and analyzes the technologies and economics of recovering various material and energy resources from mixed MSW stream. It also looks at utilizing MSW fractions (such as food waste, paper and plastic) for producing energy, biofuels, and renewable chemicals, in a variety of key ways.
Mar 2014
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics
Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials

Opportunities in C5 Chemicals: A Business Analysis

This study examines the current and developing situation in the global C5 chemicals industry, providing a comprehensive business analysis including commercial, economic and strategic considerations. It also offers insights on the following key areas of the C5 chemicals sector: demand-side market , supply-side market factors, trade considerations and their implications on trade flows and patterns, with attention to projected supply/demand imbalances, production economics and drivers of production costs, product pricing and profitability, industry attractiveness and business strategies and C5 investment considerations and the associated opportunities and challenges for different types of players in the chemicals sector.
Nov 2013
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics

Coal to Chemicals - Visiting and Revisiting the Future

This report provides a solid grasp of the state of development of coal to chemicals technologies, including an update on the status of such technologies as currently practiced in China, as well as providing a snapshot analysis of the most favorable coal to chemicals economics, on a mine-mouth basis, as compared to the production cost of the same product via petrochemical routes.

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