Comparative economic evaluation of MTBE production: CDTech etherification, UOP Ethermx process, Propylene oxide/MTBE process. ETBE also presented. Regional supply/demand forecasts are given.

Natural gas liquids extraction technologies are assessed. Economics of NGL extraction are presented.

This report evaluates the economics of formaldehyde production: silver catalyst process and metal oxide process. It also examines the process and economics of its derivatives: phenol-formaldehyde and urea formaldehyde resins, melamines, polyacetals, butanediol, neopentyl glycol, penaerythritol, and trimethylolpropane.

Comparative economic evaluation of caprolactam production: Conventional processes including: DSM, Allied Signal phenol, Capropol process, SNIA process, and Toray process. Emerging Enichem hydrogen peroxide process is also presented. Regional supply/demand forecasts are given.