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Article: Global butadiene market forecast to tighten over 2008-2013.(ANALYSIS)(Industry overview)
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- High Performance Plastics
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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Global supply production of butadiene, which is extracted from the crude C4 coproduct of ethylene, is forecast to tighten from 2008 to 2013, according to the recent study, 2009 World Butadiene Analysis, released by Chemical Markets Associates Inc (CMAI), based in Texas, Houston, USA.
In North America, crude C4 availability will limit butadiene production due to the shift from naptha to ethylene cracker as a raw material and limited imports are predicted to restrict availability. Crude C4 supply will also be an issue in Northeast Asia because ethylene raw materials in the region will shift to liquid propane gases (LPG's) and operating rates will face supply ...