Commercial and developmental process technologies for the production of ethylene are presented.  Process coverage includes steam cracking, methanol to olefins, ethanol dehydration, and an evaluation of oxidative coupling of methane.  Production economics for these conventional and non-conventional technologies are included on a USGC, Middle East, Western Europe, and China basis.  Global and regional supply, demand, and trade for ethylene are also provided.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the technology and economics of propylene oxide (PO) production. Economic models are developed for the chlorohydrin, cumene hydroperoxide, PO/SM, PO/MTBE and HPPO processes. Global and regional supply/demand/trade for PO is also presented.

The coal to olefins value chain consists of multiple steps starting with coal gasification followed by methanol synthesis and then by conversion of methanol to olefins.  This report discusses the major technologies associated with each of these steps and presents production economics for coal-based olefins with comparisons to gas- and oil-based technologies.  Global and regional supply, demand, and trade for ethylene and propylene are also presented.

This report provides a technical and economic review of processes for the production of acetic acid. Comparative economics are presented for 10 different acetic acid processes in various geographic locations. A global and regional market analysis for acetic acid is also included.