This report provides a detailed understanding of the evolution of the Russian petrochemicals market, focusing on the supply and demand balance in Russia and identifying the strategic trends and issues shaping the industry.

Analysis and forecast of supply and demand in the global polyolefins market.

Regional round-up of industry developments, regional pricing analysis and capacity expansions are provided for the first quarter 2012.

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.