Quarterly Business Analysis
Analysis of the profitability of the petrochemical and polymers industry in Western Europe for the second quarter of 2024.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Key Pathways for Red, Purple, and Pink Hydrogen (2024 Program)
Red, purple, pink hydrogen provides key tangible, feasible, and viable pathways towards definitive global and regional decarbonization of supply/value chains with zero greenhouse gas emissions. Also, as part of an optimal energy mix, this includes, but not limited to, being an effective energy carrier for fuels, feedstocks, and production of downstream chemicals. In addition, providing enhanced reliability, resilience, and availability of baseload and peaking supply of electricity and hydrogen for wholesale and retail end-customers. Commercially advanced technologies via small modular reactors and proven processes via electrolysis and thermolysis are paving the way forward.
Advanced Battery Energy Storage Systems (2024 Program)
Advanced battery energy storage systems (BESS) are growing in importance with declining costs and increased integration with intermittent renewable power sources (e.g., solar PV and wind). Advanced BESS units plus renewable power are becoming a greater part of overall power generation mix while reducing carbon footprint, achieving decarbonization targets, and enhancing sustainability. Advanced BESS units also play an important role in many commercial and industrial applications as well as production of green ammonia, green methanol, and renewable and specialty chemicals’ industries. Current BESS units’ supply chains incorporate various commercially proven battery chemistries and technologies along with efficient subsystems, equipment, and components.
Biorenewable Insights: CO2 Electrolysis (2024 Program)
An investigation the technology and economics for carbon dioxide electrolysis, focusing on near-commercial technologies for power-to-X manufacturing. Covers room-temperature and high-temperature technology for CO production and co-production of CO and hydrogen. Includes cost of production and manufacturing carbon intensity for major near-commercial routes and comparison to conventional methane reforming and dry reforming technology.
Download Flyer (105.96 KB) Biorenewable Insights: Fischer-Tropsch (2024 Program)
The Fischer-Tropsch process is an old idea taking on a new life in biorenewable fuels and chemical production. This report covers the latest in Fischer-Tropsch technology in the context of net-zero manufacturing, covering process technology, sustainable process configurations, manufacturing economics, and plant-gate carbon intensity.
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