Analysis of the profitability of the West European refining and petrochemical industry for the third quarter of 2014.

This report provides an in-depth technology, economic, and market analysis of the acrylic acid and acrylate esters industry. Technologies modeled for economic benchmarking include acrylic acid via two-step propylene oxidation, acrylic acid via polypropiolactone from ethylene oxide, and overviews of developing bio-based routes. Cost of production models for the purification of crude acrylic acid to glacial acrylic acid, as well as the production of acrylate esters (esterification of acrylic acid) are also included.

This subscriber webinar presentation provides additional insight into the olefins market. Material is sourced from the Market Dynamics: Olefins - 2014 report.

Analysis and forecast of supply and demand of the global propylene, acrylic acid, acrylonitrile and isopropanol markets.