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.

This report provides a comprehensive review of commercial and emerging biomass gasification technologies and applications to power, fuels, and chemicals production.  Process descriptions are included, as well as regional economics of various feedstock types including North America, South America, Western Europe, and Asia.  

The purpose of this report is to analyze biofeedstocks as a source of renewables. Biofeedstocks can be converted into a number of chemical and polymer products through technologies such as fermentation, gasification, pyrolysis, catalysis, among others. This study assesses the technical, commercial, and economic aspects of producing biofeedstocks as well as providing supply estimates.