Analysis of the profitability of the West European refining and petrochemical industry

Process technology and production economics for conventional stream cracking as well as propane dehydro, olefin metathesis, deep catalytic cracking and selective C4/C5 cracking. Supply/demand forecasts for ethylene and propylene are also provided.

The process technology and production economics of natural fatty acids, fatty amines, fatty alcohols, and natural linear alcohols are presented. The production economics of synthetic detergent range alcohols are provided as basis for comparison.

Presentation of the technology and cost of production assumptions underlying the analysis presented in the QBA Asia report.