This report discusses various crude oil-to-chemical (COTC) plant configurations that focus on high yields of light olefins, or aromatics, or the full range of petrochemical products while minimizing the production of traditional refinery fuels. Technologies for processing heavy crude fractions and residue streams are highlighted along with traditional petrochemical processing technologies. Process economics for various COTC configurations are provided, as are case studies to illustrate COTC configurations in operation or under consideration today.

A sample of our Market Analytics report (with reference to the polycarbonate market).The Market Analytics reports provide long term market forecasts to 2045 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 2045 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.

Market Analytics: Caprolactam - 2025 provides an analysis of the global caprolactam with forecasts to 2050.  This analysis will identify the issues shaping the industry as well as provide demand, supply and net trade data for 40 countries.

Market Insights: Carbon Dioxide (2025) includes discussion regarding key policy and trends, as well as supply by source and demand by end use for nine regions: North America, South America, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and China with forecasts to 2035. Demand is segmented by urea, enhanced oil recovery, beverage carbonation, other food and beverage use, methanol, Power-to-Liquids (PTL) and others development in CO2 capture, sequestration and/or utilization is reviewed with sources of supply. CO2 pricing analysis is also provided, including carbon emissions trading mechanisms and merchant market.