Analysis of the profitability of the Asia Pacific refining and petrochemical industry for the third quarter of 2015.

This study analyzes the technical, commercial, and environmental status of the solvent industry by its major markets and explains the drivers for using green solvents. Green solvents included in this report are a combination of biorenewable chemicals and more environmentally friendly and safer alternatives to traditional solvents.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the technology, economics, and markets for the production of ethoxylates.  Commercial process technologies based on both the conventional stirred tank reactor system and representative loop reactor systems are discussed.  Cost of production estimates of these production routes are included to illustrate the cost competitiveness of different ethoxylate products in selected regions.  A market review including regional ethoxylation capacities and supply/demand figures is also presented.

This report provides a deep technical review of the commercial and developing acrylonitrile technologies.  The economics of the propylene, propane and glycerol ammoxidation processes have been estimated for acrylonitrile plants located in the United States, Western Europe, South-East Asia and China, where capacity is increasing rapidly.  As about a million tons of new capacity is expected to come on stream between 2014 and 2019, a high-level analysis of the business and strategic considerations as well as the technology availability from the perspective of a company entering or expanding into the acrylonitrile market has been included in this report. This analysis is underpinned by a review of end-use sector consumption as well as regional market dynamics.