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Jul 2024
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C1 Chemicals and Fertilizers
Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials

Hydrogen Peroxide (2024 Program)

Hydrogen peroxide is one of the most powerful oxidizing agents known. Current capacity is almost exclusively based on the anthraquinone auto-oxidation process. However, R&D developments are focused on progressing a direct synthesis process (i.e., without the use of an anthraquinone working compound). In this report, NexantECA discusses the motivations behind the recent capacity additions and provides a high-level analysis of the business and strategic considerations including technology availability from the perspective of a company entering or expanding into the hydrogen peroxide market. Process economics are provided for production facilities located in the United States, Western Europe, Middle East, and China. This analysis is underpinned by a review of end-use sector consumption and global capacity. Additionally, this report examines the carbon intensity of the main production routes.
Jul 2024
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Petrochemicals

Biorenewable Insights: Butadiene (2024 Program)

This report focuses on developments in the bio-butadiene industry sector. This includes routes from sugar, ethanol, BDO, CO, succinic acid, and butanol. Technology descriptions, key company profiles, cost of production model estimates, and capacity analysis is included as well as a discussion of impacts on the conventional industries.
Jul 2024
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Polymers and Plastics

Linear Alpha Olefins (2024 Program)

This report provides an overview of commercial and developing technologies for linear alpha olefins exploring the chemistry and process technology. Comparative economics and carbon intensities are presented for full-range technologies (Chevron Phillips, INEOS, Shell, ExxonMobil, SABIC/Linde, Axens, Idemitsu) and on-purpose production of butene-1 (Axens, Zeon), hexene-1 (Chevron Phillips, Axens, Sasol), and octene-1 (Dow, Sasol). A regional capacity overview is also included, with a breakdown by company in each region.
Jun 2024
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Biorenewable Insights: Syngas and Carbon Dioxide Fermentation (2024 Program)

This report analyzes the developments in syngas fermentation technologies. Syngas is a readily available gaseous feedstock that has the potential to provide developers of bio-based chemicals with both a cost and carbon intensity advantage in production. The purpose of this study is to assess the technical, commercial, carbon intensity, and economic aspects of syngas fermentation.
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Oil, Gas and Refined Products

Alternatives to Gas Flaring (2024 Program)

The report provides a comprehensive review of the technology landscape for flare gas utilization, covering major licensors and emerging technologies. The economic analyses cover production cost estimates for gas-to-liquids (GTL), gas-to-LNG, and gas-to-CNG technologies. Given the case-specific nature of the economic viability of gas flaring alternatives, key assumptions are detailed with each technology assessed against the same associated gas feeds (wet and dry). The report discusses the key factors influencing the economic viability of the different utilization routes. Additionally, it includes extensive discussion on flaring regulation and drivers in the key emitting regions as defined by the World Bank’s global gas flaring tracker report 2024.
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C1 Chemicals and Fertilizers
Renewable Chemicals and Energy
Specialty Chemicals and Advanced Materials

Ammonia (2024 Program)

The 2024 Ammonia TECH report explores the transformative potential of ammonia and how it is poised to revolutionize fertilizer, marine fuel, power generation, and hydrogen transport. The report includes discussion of the latest advancements in ammonia production technologies, from traditional methods to groundbreaking green and blue alternatives, and provides an in-depth look at the traditional Haber-Bosch process and emerging methods like electrolysis and biomass gasification. Analysis of cost of production drivers and economic viability of various ammonia production routes, and examination of the carbon footprints associated with different ammonia production technologies is included. Insights into the latest innovations and future trends in ammonia production and applications are also discussed.
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C1 Chemicals and Fertilizers

Urea (2024 Program)

Urea is the most used and traded fertilizer in the world; its demand is heavily driven by the fertilizer and food production industries as urea is used in many parts of the world as the primary source of nitrogen for crop nutrition. This techno-economic report reviews the chemistry, properties, technology, and development trends of urea. The report provides urea economics for several different global locations (USGC, China, Western Europe, and Middle East) under a consistent first quarter 2024 price scenario.
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Polymers and Plastics
Petrochemicals

Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) (2024 Program)

This techno-economic report offers a review of chemistry, properties, technology, and development trends of Polymethyl Methacrylate or PMMA. The report provides production economics for PMMA for several different global locations (USGC, Western Europe, China, and Southeast Asia) under a consistent first quarter 2024 price scenario. The report also provides a carbon intensity analysis.
Jun 2024
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Petrochemicals

Acrylic Acid and Esters (2024 Program)

This techno-economic report reviews the chemistry, properties, technology, and development trends of acrylic acid and esters. The report provides crude and glacial acrylic acid and commodity acrylates economics for several different global locations under a consistent first quarter 2024 price scenario. Analysis of emerging sustainable technologies, carbon intensity, and regional capacities are also included.
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Renewable Chemicals and Energy

Oleochemicals (2024 Program)​

This techno-economic report offers a review of chemistry, properties, feedstock choices, business development considerations, technology, and development trends of oleochemicals, including fatty acid, glycerine, and methyl ester. The report provides process economics for fatty acid and methyl ester (and glycerine as byproduct) for several different global locations (United States, Western Europe, Malaysia and China) under a consistent first quarter 2024 price scenario. Multiple feedstocks that are common to these locations are evaluated, such as soybean oil, rapeseed oil, crude palm oil and tallow. The report also provides a carbon intensity analysis, and a historical cost analysis.

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