Introduction
Executive Overview
Strategic Insights
– Introduction
– Energy Transition
– On-purpose production
– Ethylene steam cracker feedstocks
– Paraxylene overcapacity and rationalization
– Crude-to-chemicals processes
– Coal to benzene
– Benzene trade
– Plastics sustainability
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
– Catalytic reforming
– Aromatics Extraction Process
– Hydrodealkylation
– Toluene Disproportionation
– Pyrolysis Gasoline Extraction
– Aromax Process
Production Process Economics
– Explanatory Notes
– Benzene Economics – Hydrodealkylation
– Benzene Economics – Sulfolane Extraction of BTX
– Benzene Economics – Toluene Disproportionation
Price Forecast
– Methodology
– North America
– West Europe
– Asia
Price Forecast Tables
Supply/Demand Forecast Methodology
By:
James Nicholson
Omi Tatsuo
Simon Cleghorn
