This techno-economic report offers a review on conventional routes to maleic anhydride, along with economics developed for several different global locations.  The report also provides market information in the major global regions.

The process technologies and production economics for low density polyethylene (LDPE) are assessed.  Four tubular processes and four autoclave processes are reviewed and compared.  In addition, the cost of production economics of LDPE are compared to LLDPE economics.  Supply, demand and trade forecasts for LDPE for the U.S., Western Europe and Asia Pacific are also provided.

This report  reviews commercial petrochemical and bio-based process technologies for the production of propylene.  Process economics have been developed for fifteen petrochemical-based scenarios and three bio-routes to propylene, as well as sensitivities for pricing scenarios, including regional pricing, economy of scale and capital investment.

Carbon Black production technologies, feedstock and process economics are discussed and evaluated.  Detailed process economics for a selection of commercial ASTM N carbon black grades and specialty blacks such as acetylene and thermal blacks are provided.  Global and regional supply, demand and trade is given.

This report provides analysis of the chemistry, process technology, product formulation, and production economics for polyurethane foams.  All major types of PU are discussed in this report including flexible PU foam, rigid PU foam, coating, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers.  A market review, including global and regional demand figures, is included alongside key end-use markets.

First-generation fermentation ethanol and top synthetic ethanol production technologies are discussed in the context of today’s challenging strategic and policy and environment.  Technologies, economics, and markets are covered in detail.  Detailed technology descriptions and local economics are given for corn dry milling ethanol production in the US Midwest, the Celanese TCX process in the USGC, and an advanced milling process in Brazil.

This techno-economic report offers a review of commercial routes to urea by providing process descriptions for several licensors of urea technologies. The report also provides economics developed for several different global locations (USGC, North Western Europe, the Middle East, and China) for prilling and granulation routes.

This report analyzes commercial and developing processes for the industrial production of ammonia, including a review of the main technology licensors. In-depth economics are presented for ammonia from natural gas and directly from hydrogen for world scale and large scale processes in the USGC, Western Europe and the Middle East.  Additionally, a comparison of the economics of ammonia production from coal and natural gas in China is provided.

This report reviews current and developing technologies for xylenes production. Cost estimates have been developed for para-xylene production via a number of processes (e.g., EB Isomerization & Dealkylation, TDP & Selective TDP/Crystallization, PxMaxSM/Crystallization, Toluene Alkylation, C9 Transalkylation/Adsorption/Isomerization, Hydrotreating/Reforming) and meta-xylene production via UOP MX Sorbex technology. Commercial end-use applications; global and regional supply/demand/trade forecasts are included.

This report provides an in-depth technology, economic, and market analysis of the acrylic acid and acrylate esters industry. Technologies modeled for economic benchmarking include acrylic acid via two-step propylene oxidation, acrylic acid via polypropiolactone from ethylene oxide, and overviews of developing bio-based routes. Cost of production models for the purification of crude acrylic acid to glacial acrylic acid, as well as the production of acrylate esters (esterification of acrylic acid) are also included.