The chemistry, process technology, and production economics for vinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyvinyl butyral are presented. In addition, the market outlook for polyvinyl alcohol is assessed.

Analysis of the profitability of the Asian refining and petrochemical industry for the third quarter of 2002

The chemistry, process technology and economics of the latest approaches for dealing with stricter sulfur specifications in gasoline in the U.S. and Western Europe are assessed.

The chemistry, process technology, and production economics for cumene, phenol, and acetone are presented. Emerging co-product free routes are compared to conventional Hock process. Supply/demand outlook for phenol out to 2010 is also given.