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Regional Production Economics for Ethylene and Propylene Derivatives
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Date
1990-06
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Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu)
Abstract
Many developing countries have
implemented aggresslve programs to develop domestic petrochemical capacity. In those regions with abundant, low cost feedstocks, the competitive advantage seems obvious. However, other regions such as South korea and Taiwan,
have equally aggressive programs.
This paper quantifies the significant production cost indices
in each of 10 regions, and uses
those indices to calculate the
production cost of major ethylene and propylene derivatives. The
regions considered are: Brazil, Western Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, the US Gulf Coast, and West Germany. The timeframe of the analysis was fourth quarter, 1989.
The derivatives considered in this
paper are listed below:
ETHYLENE DERIVATIVES
*
High density polyethylene (HDPE)
*
Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE)
*
Ethylene glycol (EG)
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Ethylene dichloride (EDC)
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
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Styrene (STY)
* Polystyrene (PS)
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Linear alpha olefins (LAO)
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Ethanol (C2OH)
PROPYLENE DERIVATIVES
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Polypropylene homopolymer (PP-H)
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Polypropylene block
copolymer (PP-BC)
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Acrylonitrile (ACN)
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Propylene glycol (PG)
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Cumene (CUM)
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2-Ethylhexanol (2EH)
* Isopropyl alcohol (IPA)
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Ethylene Derivatives, Propylene Derivatives, Production Economics