This study analyzes the technical, commercial, and environmental status of the solvent industry by its major markets and explains the drivers for using green solvents. Green solvents included in this report are a combination of biorenewable chemicals and more environmentally friendly and safer alternatives to traditional solvents.

This study examines the current and developing situation in the global C5 chemicals industry, providing a comprehensive business analysis including commercial, economic and strategic considerations. It also offers insights on the following key areas of the C5 chemicals sector: demand-side market , supply-side market factors, trade considerations and their implications on trade flows and patterns, with attention to projected supply/demand imbalances, production economics and drivers of production costs, product pricing and profitability, industry attractiveness and business strategies and C5 investment considerations and the associated opportunities and challenges for different types of players in the chemicals sector.

This report provides a solid grasp of the state of development of coal to chemicals technologies, including an update on the status of such technologies as currently practiced in China, as well as providing a snapshot analysis of the most favorable coal to chemicals economics, on a mine-mouth basis, as compared to the production cost of the same product via petrochemical routes.

Through an analysis of fracking fluids in 5,100 shale gas and tight oil wells in the U.S., Nexant's multi-client study profiles the impact of North American shale development and regulations on: average and median chemical consumption per well, frequency of use, purpose, market size, value, and trends.