Polyamide (PA6, PA66)

Understand the commercial and strategic drivers of polyamide supply/demand, price & volume forecasts, and leading market trends for both intermediates, polymers, and its applications.

Polypropylene Film (BOPP)

Gain insights into key supply/demand drivers and identify growth opportunities in plastic films including cast polypropylene and BOPP film.

Butadiene

Untangle the complicated butadiene market with global supply and demand, price forecasts, petrochemical feedstock trends and relevant demand analyses from the automotive and synthetic rubber industry.

Petrochemical Feedstocks

Gain a comprehensive view of the chemical feedstocks markets with this unique and integrated dataset, to inform confident commercial and strategic decision making.

EU's Plastics Strategy May be Missed Opportunity

• 16 1月 2018

Follwoing the EU's pledge to make all plastic packaging recyclable by 2030, Helen McGeough, PCI Wood Mackenzie Senior Consultant, commented

China's mega crude-to-chemicals projects may deal knockout blow to regional PX exporters

• 21 8月 2018

Higher base chemicals demand and feedstock security for heavy naphtha are driving the development of a new wave of mega-integrated refinery and chemical sites in China. Private Chinese chemical producers, including Hengli and Rong Sheng, are back-integrating their chemical plants with refineries by building mega-integrated facilities. Wood Mackenzie expects these projects to come on stream in the next 12 to 24 months.

West Europe PET bottle recovery grows, but challenges for RPET supply chain remain

• 01 10月 2018

The total volume of PET bottles collected in West Europe during 2017 was near 2 Mt, compared to an estimated 3.2 Mt of bottles placed in the market, according to Wood Mackenzie Chemicals' latest report on the RPET market in West Europe.

Ascend Performance Materials declares force majeure on HMD

• 08 1月 2019

Following Ascend Performance Materials' decision to declare a force majeure on hexamethylene diamine (HMD), Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Head of Thermoplastics, Quentin de Carvalho, commented:

Aramco's $10bn bond underscores its vast global ambitions

• 01 4月 2019

Saudi Aramco’s decision to issue a $10 billion bond underscores how serious the company is about transforming itself into an international powerhouse across the oil and gas value chain, from upstream to petrochemicals.

OPEC producers key to world supply through to 2040

• 16 7月 2018

Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie sees OPEC maintaining its role as a key oil supplier through to 2040, although output from non-OPEC producers will help ensure adequate supply in the years to 2030.

Horizons Live: Plastic surgery

• 06 12月 2021

Andrew Brown, Guy Bailey and Steve Jenkins answer questions and reignite discussion on creating more sustainable plastics value chain and getting the chemicals industry fit for the future.

Lens platform: Lens Emissions

• 27 9月 2024

Decision intelligence to simplify the complexity of emissions risk management. Available with Lens Upstream solutions.

Coronavirus Guide: Coronavirus reports

• 08 3月 2020

Coronavirus research reports for purchase in the Wood Mackenzie store

Energy transition glossary

• 21 8月 2024

Our energy transition glossary helps you understand key terms and definitions.

芳烃

• 23 5月 2018

在全球范围内，苯和二甲苯等溶剂产品的高需求推动着芳烃市场的不断发展。 增长机会巨大，但是您需要了解市场趋势和影响因素，才能成功地进行公司定位并制定正确的战略决策。

NGLs & Petrochemicals

Our NGLs solutions provide traders and analysts with the accurate data and forecasts they need to complement and inform their models.

Spandex entering the big time as sales to hit 1 million tonnes by 2020

• 25 6月 2019

As spandex closes in on sales of 1 million tonnes, industry structures will change to meet competition from China and the challenge of closed-loop recycling, according to recent Wood Mackenzie Chemicals research.

Global automotive industry to drive industrial textile demand

• 23 9月 2019

Airbags are a core and growing part of the industrial textile portfolio. Current global airbag yarn demand sits at 164 ktpa and is expected to reach 237 ktpa by 2025, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

Was 2019 the year of recycled PET?

• 10 12月 2019

2019 has been a year of successes within the recycled PET (RPET) industry.

Packaging industry’s sustainability drive good news for BOPP film

• 23 10月 2019

The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5% per annum over the last five years. The main driver of growth has been the demand for flexible packaging, particularly in China and South East Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘BOPP Film Global Supply Demand Report’.

New CEO Looney rings changes at BP with ambitious climate plan

• 12 2月 2020

Speaking after BP’s new chief executive Bernard Looney unveiled the major’s ambitious climate commitments today, Luke Parker, vice president, corporate analysis, said: “BP joins Shell, Total, Equinor and Repsol in making a major commitment to reduce its net carbon footprint. “This marks a major turnaround in BP’s position. Just 12 months ago former CEO Bob Dudley said the company could not be held accountable for how people use its products. Looney is taking the company in a very different direction.” Parker added: “It’s an ambition, rather than a target, but the commitment appears to be unconditional. In terms of scale of commitment, this puts BP towards the top of the pack, along with Repsol and Equinor. “This will see BP’s business completely transformed over the coming decades: renewables and carbon abatement will get very big, legacy oil and gas will eventually get smaller. But the transition to 2050 is a multi-decade transition - not something that will happen in the next year or so.”

Flexible packaging demand in Asia hit by sluggish regional economy

• 25 2月 2020

Overall flexible packaging demand in Asia grew by 4.8% in 2019, down from 5.6% in 2018. This was mainly due to slower growth rates in major national markets, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Four signposts for the chemicals industry under a Biden administration

• 16 11月 2020

The Democrats are expected to retain control of the US House of Representatives, but the Senate will be determined by upcoming run-offs in the state of Georgia. While the chemicals sector is expected to see few direct impacts, there are several themes that should be watched closely.

Chemical recycling boost could see global plastic packaging recycling hit 50% by 2040

• 18 11月 2020

If the plastics value chain is to become more sustainable, the industry must focus on reducing the amount of mismanaged waste and recapturing as much of its value as possible. To do this, more investment must be allocated to chemical recycling technologies, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Energy transition to drive refinery and petrochemicals integration

• 16 2月 2021

2020 was a difficult year for the world’s refineries as the coronavirus pandemic reduced refinery utilisation and OPEC+ supply restraint narrowed crude price differentials. Despite this, integrated refinery and petrochemical sites significantly outperformed their fuels-only peers, according to Wood Mackenzie.

US winter freeze hits global olefins market

• 19 2月 2021

This week’s winter storm has paralysed US petrochemical production and disrupted 15% of the global olefins market, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Firth of Forth net-zero hub key to achieving climate goals

• 17 8月 2021

The development of net zero hubs around the UK has proved a key plank of the country’s strategy towards achieving net zero by 2050. Scotland, which has a 2045 net-zero target, could advance its ambitions by establishing a net zero hub on the Firth of Forth, research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq: VRSK) has found.

Veritas Capital completes acquisition of Wood Mackenzie

• 02 2月 2023

Veritas Capital (“Veritas”), a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government, today announced that an affiliate of Veritas has completed the purchase of Wood Mackenzie from Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK).

INEOS announces $2bn chemicals investment in Saudi Arabia

• 03 6月 2019

INEOS is to spend $2bn building 3 chemicals plants in Saudi Arabia. Commenting on the news, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals Principal Analyst, Patrick Kirby, said:

The impact of the coronavirus on the Chinese polyester industry

• 03 2月 2020

The Chinese economy and the country's polyester and textile industries could be under pressure as a result of the new coronavirus outbreak. Drawing a parallel with the SARS crisis in 2003, polyester demand may weaken as business activities stall.