Regional round-up of industry developments, regional pricing analysis and capacity expansions are provided for the fourth quarter 2011.

Methanol Strategic Business Analysis (SBA) identifies the strategic trends and issues that shape the industry. Reviews the fundamental business drivers and dynamics; markets, pricing, technology, and delivered cost competitiveness.

This supplement provides a cost of production for olefins and polyolefins in many locations around the world. In addition, the effect of ethane from U.S. shale gas and bio-ethylene from sugar cane and Russian ethane has been studied.

This study catalogues and assesses global progress of the sector comprised of companies commercializing renewable chemicals production, considering a wide range of chemicals, including drop-in, identical substitutes for incumbent petrochemicals, and new types of molecules that can substitute for the incumbents.