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Dec 2022
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Petrochemicals

Technology and Costs: Cost Curve Analysis - PO & PG - 2022

The 2022 Custom Cost Curve Analysis model for Propylene Oxide and Propylene Glycol combines NexantECA’s global plant capacity database and views on supply and demand with an extensive cost of production database and NexantECA’s annual price forecasts developed for three oil scenarios. Delivered as an interactive spreadsheet, the model offers views of historical PO and PG cost competitiveness and profitability on a quarterly basis, and forecast cost competitiveness and profitability on an annual basis.
Dec 2022
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Polymers and Plastics
Petrochemicals

Flexible Plastic Packaging (2022 Program)

This report examines fabrication technologies for producing blown film, cast film, and bi-axially oriented films (e.g., BOPP, BOPET, and PLA). Technology trends and applications are also provided for these three fabrication processes. Cost estimates are presented to produce blown film (mono-, 3- and 7- layer), cast film (3-layer), BOPP, and BOPET from virgin resin material, at USGC, Western Europe, and China locations. Global blown film and bi-axially oriented PP film market overviews with a historical breakdown by region are also provided.
Dec 2022
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Petrochemicals

Propylene Oxide (2022 Program)

This report provides an overview of the propylene oxide market, as well as conventional and emerging technologies for propylene oxide production. The report includes production cost estimates for six major commercial technologies in four different locations. An overview of the carbon intensity across three regions, the U.S., Western Europe and China for the propylene oxide technologies is also presented.
Dec 2022
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Polymers and Plastics
Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Petrochemicals

Biorenewable Insights: Bioaromatics (2022 Program)

This report examines technical, commercial and economic aspects of producing BTX aromatics, particularly para-xylene, which is the principal co-monomer for PET used in the production of fibers and bottles. Major technologies covered at the cost of production level include catalytic fast pyrolysis, catalytic reforming of carbohydrates, cycloaddition of furans, catalytic conversion of iso-butanol to para-xylene, enhanced FCC of renewable feedstocks, renewable methanol-to-aromatics (MTA), rLPG-to-aromatics, bioethanol-to-aromatics (ETA).
Nov 2022
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Petrochemicals
Polymers and Plastics

Technology and Costs: Cost Curve Analysis - Ethylene and Polyethylene - 2022

The 2022 Custom Cost Curve Analysis model for Ethylene and Polyethylene combines NexantECA’s global plant capacity database and views on supply and demand with an extensive cost of production database and NexantECA’s annual price forecasts developed for three oil scenarios plus a custom oil scenario. Delivered as an interactive spreadsheet, the model offers views of historical, current, and forecast cost competitiveness and profitability for the industry with options for delivered and EXW cost curves as well as ethylene and olefins basis cost curves.
Oct 2022
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C1 Chemicals and Fertilizers
Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Petrochemicals

Biorenewable Insights - Green Ammonia (2022 Program)

This report is an extensive techno-economic overview of available renewable ammonia technologies in the context of the radical decarbonization required for the ammonia industry to reach COP25 goals. Major technologies are covered in a modular fashion including hydrogen provision, ammonia conversion, nitrogen capture, and carbon capture and sequestration. The report benchmarks blue ammonia against green ammonia ventures in terms of carbon intensity and economic competitiveness. Blue ammonia models cover ATR and SMR routes in detail, including flue gas capture and including potential sensitivities of costs for geological sequestration dependent on distance, injection well depth, and terrain. Green ammonia models cover both full-rate production and evaluate claims of cost competitiveness under intermittent production against a wide variety of plant-gate ammonia pricing and electricity pricing scenarios using an innovative probabilistic methodology.
Sep 2022
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Polymers and Plastics
Petrochemicals

Hydrocarbon Resins (2022 Program)

In this report, NexantECA comments on the motivations behind the recent hydrocarbon resin capacity additions and provides a high-level analysis of the business and strategic considerations as well as the conventional and bio-based technology availability from the perspective of a company entering or expanding into the hydrocarbon resin market. The production cost estimates for plants located in the United States, Western Europe, China and South-East Asia have been estimated for the second quarter of 2022 for the following resin types: aliphatic (C5), aromatic (C9), C5/C9, cycloaliphatic (DCPD), pure monomer, hydrogenated aliphatic, hydrogenated aromatic, hydrogenated DCPD and hydrogenated DCPD/C9 resins. This analysis is underpinned by a review of end-use sector consumption as well as regional market dynamics.
Aug 2022
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Polymers and Plastics
Petrochemicals

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) 2022 Program

This report reviews the chemistry, properties, both conventional and developing technologies, and development trends in polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The report provides bottle grade PET economics for four production processes across several global locations (USGC, Western Europe, Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia) and a historical economic analysis comparing conventional production to bio-based PET and recycled PET. An overview of PET melt phase and bottle grade demand and supply for global and major regional markets is included.
Jul 2022
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Petrochemicals

Acetylene Production Technologies (2022 Program)

This techno-economic report reviews the chemistry, properties, conventional and developing technologies (i.e., methane pyrolysis via microwave plasma), and development trends of acetylene. The report provides acetylene economics for four commercial processes in several different global locations (USGC, Western Europe, and China) under a consistent first quarter 2022 price scenario. Economic estimates to produce acetylene and hydrogen byproduct via methane pyrolysis using microwave plasma are also included. The report offer an overview of acetylene demand for global and major regional markets.

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