Markets and Profitability

Market Analytics

These detailed reports provide long term market forecasts to 2050 using NexantECA's industry recognized Petrochemical Simulator.  These reports identify the key issues shaping the industry, providing invaluable support for strategic decision making and business planning.  Analysis is segmented into three principal areas:

• Consumption: Assesses historic and forecast consumption; forecasts are based on projections of economic activity and diverse end use applications across key consuming industry sectors.
• Supply: Identifies all producers, the capacity, location, and process of all current production assets, along with discussion regarding the status of new projects and capacity under construction.  
• Supply, Demand and Trade: Provides historical analysis and forecasts to 2050 of consumption, production, imports/ exports, inventory build-up/decline, capacity and capacity utilisation.  The analysis provides a key insight into the relative strength of regional markets.

Analysis includes:

Petrochemical Feedstocks and Refined Products 

• Naphtha 
• Gasoline 
• Gas Oil
• Residual Fuel Oil
• LPG
• Natural Gas
• Butane
• Raffinates
• Crude Oil – Dubai
• Crude Oil – WTI
• Diesel
• Ethane
• Fuel Oil
• iso-Butylene
• Kerosene
• Gasoline
• Propane
• Refinery Propylene

Petrochemicals and Polymers

OLEFINS 

• Ethylene
• Propylene
• Butadiene
• Mixed C4s

ALPHA OLEFINS

• 1-Butene
• 1-Hexene
• 1-Octene
• Higher Alpha Olefins

AROMATICS 

• Reformate
• Pygas 
• Benzene 
• Toluene 
• Mixed Xylenes 
• Cyclohexane 
• Ethylbenzene

POLYOLEFINS 

• Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
• Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)
• High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Polypropylene  

BUTADIENE DERIVATIVES 

• Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene
• Styrene Butadiene Rubber
• Butadiene Rubber

PROPYLENE DERIVATIVES

• Acrylic Acid
• Super Absorbent Polymers
• Acrylonitrile
• Cumene
• Phenol
• Acetone
• Bisphenol-A
• Polycarbonate
• Propylene Oxide
• 2-Ethylhexanol
• n-Butanol
• i-Butanol 
• Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPMD)

POLYESTER INTERMEDIATES 

• para-Xylene 
• ortho-Xylene 
• Ethylene Oxide 
• Mono-Ethylene Glycol
• Purified Terephthalic Acid
• Polyethylene Terephthalate

STYRENICS

• Styrene 
• Polystyrene
• Expandable Polystyrene

POLYURETHANE INTERMEDIATES

• Aniline
• Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate
• Nitrobenzene
• Toluene Diphenyl Diisocyanate

VINYLS

• Chlor-Alkali 
• Vinyl Chloride Monomer
• Polyvinyl Chloride   

C1 Chemicals and Fertilizers

METHANOL AND DERIVATIVES 

• Acetic Acid
• Formaldehyde
• Methanol 
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether

FERTILIZERS 

• Ammonia 
• Urea