Global Aromatics Supply - Today and Tomorrow

Aromatics are the essential building blocks for some of the largest petrochemical products in today's use. Essentially they are used to produce intermediates for polymer products and as such contribute to our modern lifestyle. Their growth rates are expected to be in line with GDP growth in future. This contrasts the significantly lower growth rates of the primary sources for aromatics, namely from fuel processing and steam cracking of naphtha fractions. A supply gap can be expected to. open up in future for which creative solutions will be required.