The chemistry, process technology and production economics of thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers are presented, including In-situ TPOs, Compounded TPOs, Thermoplastic Vulcanizates, and POEs. In addition a regional market forecast out to 2011 is provided.

The chemistry, process technology and production economics for butadiene, isobutylene, n-butenes are presented. In addition, supply/demand forecasts for the U.S., West Europe and Asia Pacific is provided.

The various approaches for converting renewable feedstocks to liquids that can serve, as close as possible, to “drop-in” replacements for or blend-stocks with petroleum-based gasoline are assessed.

The chemistry, process technology, and production economics of HDPE manufacture are presented.  Process specific cost of production assessments are provided for the leading HDPE technologies.  Capacity by licensor and S/D forecasts out to 2015 are given.