The New Face of the World Petrochemical Sector: Implications for Developing Countries, Volumes 23-84The petrochemical sector is in the aftermath of extensive restructuring. This change has altered the current situation of the industry and its outlook. It has also forced the producers, users, and financing institutions to design new strategies, adapt to these changes and prepare for the future. The purpose of this document is to shed light on the current and expected developments in the world market for petrochemicals. It also attempts to identify the geographic areas and fields of activity where new investments are more likely, useful and most efficiently utilized. The document is divided into four parts dealing with: (a) the identified global trends in the petrochemical sector; (b) a description of the current world situation; (c) a regional supply/demand analysis of the current situation and forecast to the year 1995; and (d) a brief analysis regarding potential actions and investments in developing countries. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CURRENT SITUATION OF THE WORLD PETROCHEMICAL SECTOR | 20 |
REGIONAL SUPPLYDEMAND BALANCES AND FORECASTS | 47 |
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Africa Asia Based basic chemicals basic olefins basic petrochemicals Benzene BRARY Brazil Butadiene CALIFORN CALIFORNIA Capital Recovery Factor China commodity plastics current world DEMAND AND CAPACITY developing countries DIEGO SAN downstream petrochemicals economic Electricity Others Labor engineering plastics engineering polymers Estimated Production Cost ethylene capacity expansion expected exports feedstock feedstock prices forecasts future gas rich HDPE increases Indonesia industrialized countries industry contacts installed capacity investments Japan Korea Latin America LDPE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Methanol million tons naphtha natural gas outlook P.O. Box petrochemical development petrochemical industry petrochemical products petrochemical sector planning plants polyethylene polymers polypropylene potential Raw Material recent regional restructuring result SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO LIBRARY SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY situation SITY Source Staff estimates synthetic fibres synthetic rubbers Table thousand metric tons ton/ton of product Total Factory Gate trade trends UNIDO UNIV US$/ton utilities Venezuela Western Europe World Bank world consumption world demand world market