This techno-economic report offers a review of chemistry, properties, technology, and development trends of Bisphenol A (BPA). The report provides economics for BPA for several different global locations (USGC, Western Europe, and China) under a consistent first quarter 2017 price scenario. The report also provides a regional market analysis.

This report describes the prevalent methanol production technologies, provides profiles of major licensors, and presents process descriptions for their licensed technologies. Production economics for USGC, Western Europe, Middle East, and China are analyzed for four gas-based technologies and a coal-based methanol plant. An overview of methanol consumption, capacity, and trade is provided for global and major regional markets.

The purpose of this report is to analyze developments in bio-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) technologies. Renewable MEG is a drop-in chemical that has received some attention in recent years as the major fraction of global production of MEG goes into PET, which is used to produce polyester fibers and beverage bottles. The purpose of this study is to assess the technical, commercial, and economic aspects of producing ethylene glycol from renewable feedstocks.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the technology, economics and markets for the processing of the C4 hydrocarbon value chain, which includes butadiene, isobutylene, butenes and butanes.  Commercial and developing process technologies are discussed.  Cost of production estimates have been developed to illustrate the cost competitiveness of butadiene, isobutylene, and butene-1 production in selected regions.  A market overview for the C4 chain is also presented.