Introduction
Executive Overview
Strategic Insights
– Mainland China’s action plan for peaking carbon emissions by 2030
– Alternatives for surplus C4 during times of low margins or soft demand
– Impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict
North America
South America
West Europe
Central Europe
CIS & Baltic States
Africa
Middle East
Indian Subcontinent
Mainland China
Other Northeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Production Process Overview
– Introduction
– Extractive Distillation
> BASF Process
> One-Step Process
> Nippon Zeon Process
> KBR/Shell Process
– Dehydrogenation Processes
> Dehydrogenation of n-Butane
> Dehydrogenation of n-Butenes
– Hydrogenation of Crude C4
> Selective Hydrogenation
> Full Hydrogenation
Production Economics
– Explanatory Notes
– Butadiene Extraction
– Dehydrogenation of n-Butane
– Selective Hydrogenation of Crude C4s
Price Forecast
– Methodology
– World
> Crude C4s
> Butadiene
– United States
> Crude C4s
> Butadiene
– West Europe
> Crude C4s
> Butadiene
– Northeast Asia
> Crude C4s
> Butadiene
By:
Bill Hyde
William Chen
Anthony Song
Remko Koster
