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Propylene
This World Petrochemical (WP) report on Propylene contains complete global and country supply/demand balances for the base year, the past five years and five and ten year projections; the production and consumption analysis is separated out between refinery, chemical, and polymer grades. The complete report including the analyses and supply/demand tables contains approximately 290 pages. There is also a table showing all global producers, their locations, and capacities (current, historical and future) to produce Propylene as well as capacities for derivative products.
Published January 2008
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Abstract
Global production and consumption of propylene in 2007 was approximately 73.5 million metric tons. Global capacity utilization was 87.5% in 2007. Global propylene consumption is estimated to have increased by almost 4% in 2007, and is expected to increase on average by 4.4% per year from 2007 to 2012, declining to 3.8% per year from 2012 to 2017. Average global utilization rates are expected to decline to the low-80s range by 2010, gradually increasing afterward.
In the analysis, of the total 2007 propylene consumption, refinery grade made up 10%, chemical grade made up 26% and polymer grade 64%. Cumene and isopropyl alcohol make up most of the refinery grade propylene consumption; (C3) oxo alcohols, propylene oxide, acrylic acid and acrylonitrile make up most of the chemical grade propylene consumption; and polypropylene makes up almost 97% of polymer grade propylene consumption.
The following pie charts show world consumption of refinery and chemical grade propylene by end use:
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