World Analysis

You Need to Identify Shifting Trends and Disruptive Technologies Before They Transform Markets, or Risk Falling Behind the Competition

What impact will government policy, refinery-petchem integration and mobility changes have on the future direction of the olefins, aromatics, plastics and other chemical markets? Today’s global chemical markets are experiencing a much higher degree of uncertainty than they did just five years ago. As a result, chemical professionals must often make high-stake decisions with limited future visibility. Our World Analysis service provides a long-term, forward view of chemical markets, with insight and analysis covering capacity, supply/demand & trade, price forecasts and production economics for over 150 commodity chemicals, across 35 individual services.

Make Better Decision

Sound planning requires credible data
Shifting markets necessitate updated analysis
New technologies challenge assumptions
Quarterly business reviews need the updated impact of major economic events
Business planning and demand forecasting require sensitivity assessments of market drivers

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The Right Tool

World Analysis supports your annual strategic planning and quarterly business reviews by adding robust operations support, with current actionable data and expert analysis. Devote more time and resources to making critical investment decisions and less time to ad-hoc data collection and market assessment. The World Analysis Service is the right tool for:

Supply chain and portfolio optimization
Expansion and investment decisions
Competitive analysis
Product and market evaluation
Merger and acquisition validation
Business plan validation
Contract negotiation

World Analysis provides you:

Supply-Demand Database (bi-annual updates and forecasts to 2050)

12-month access to the Chemical online supply-demand database from 1990

Assess operating rates as the key driver of product financial performance
Recognize the signals of shifting demand patterns and product substitution
Learn about the impact of government policies and industry regulations

Frequency/Format: Updated twice per year/using the data browser

Global Capacity Database

12-month access to the Chemical online capacity database with capacity globally by plant on a company or shareholder basis

Stay abreast with updated views of supply, including independent views of actual capacity & real start-up dates
Assess future market length based on capacity addition volumes
Compare integration levels of companies/shareholders and net surplus/deficit positions
of plant sites, countries, and regions
Track geographic and portfolio changes of global and regional producers and consumers

Frequency/Format: Updated continuously throughout the year/using the data browser

Country-Level Trade Grids

Regional and country-to-country trade flows

Scrutinize volume patterns of trade
Discover which countries are the biggest importers and exporters
Understand how capacity additions change trade flows and destinations of incremental supply

Frequency/Format: Updated twice per year/Excel format

Multi-year Forecasts (to 2050) for price, Cost & Margin

Sync your long-term price forecast more closely with on-going changes
in global energy and economic markets
Identify changes in regional cost positions and price differentials
Evaluate and align investment project planning with future cost and margin swings

Upside & Downside Sensitivities

Upside-downside price drivers: qualitative analysis of factors that alter the base-case forecast for price, cost and margin

Assess underpinning forces capable of driving price behavior and corresponding margins away from the Base Case trendline
Closely align long-term price forecast while identifying potential drivers of inflection points

Frequency/Format: Twice per year/PDF format

Interactive Data Visualization Dashboard

Enhanced visualization and delivery of data through dashboard module