Analysis of the profitability of the Middle East refining and petrochemical industry for the fourth quarter of 2012.

This report assesses the cost competitiveness of ethylene, on-purpose propylene, HDPE/LDPE/LLDPE, PP, VCM/PVC, EO/EG, Bz, SM, PX, PTA, MeOH and EtOH for USGC, Brazil, North Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East, Japan, Korea, Thailand, China, India, Singapore, and Canada.

Nexant has developed an efficient and accurate price forecasting system that requires minimal data manipulation and generates totally self-consistent price forecast scenarios across wide families of chemical products. Using this technique, this new report examines the impact of hgh future oil prices on the profitability and competitiveness of a broad range of chemical products.

Analysis of the refinery profitability and price projections for petroleum products and petrochemical feedstocks in Western Europe through to 2030.