This techno-economic report offers a review of chemistry, properties, technology, and development trends of common barrier resins including EVOH, PVDC, selected nylons, and PEN. The report provides economics for these polymer resins for several different global locations (USGC, Western Europe, and China) under a consistent first quarter 2017 price scenario. The report also describes the properties and uses of barrier resins, and provides a brief global market analysis for the selected barrier resins.

Definition of the techno-economic models used in the Quarterly Business Analysis reports in 2017.

The polyisobutylene (PIB) market has been in flux recently, because of feedstock, process, and applications dynamics.  Nexant has prepared a suite of three reports using an integrated/modular approach to analyze PIB markets, economics, and technology. This study will be useful to players all along the value chain, and especially to PIB producers, feedstock suppliers, PIB consumers, and potential new players considering entering the PIB market.  The purpose of this report is to analyze developments in PIB markets, economics, and technology; and to provide insights into future prospects for the global industry via a three oil scenario (high, medium, low) approach.The three reports in the suite are Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 1: Market Analysis; Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 2: Economic Analysis; and Polyisobutylene (PIB): Markets in Motion, Volume 3: Technical Analysis.

Analysis and forecast to 2035 of supply and demand of the global olefins market including ethylene, propylene and butadiene.  This analysis will identify the issues shaping the olefins industry as well as provide detailed demand breakdown by derivative, supply and net trade data for 41 countries.