Petrochemicals-Technical and Economic Challenges for This Century Patrick C Whitchurch

摘要

By the middle of this century,world population is expected to be more than 9 Billion people.Worldwide energy demand will have increased by more than 35%,with gas growing to become over 25% of the world’s energy consumption.There will be continued strain on fresh water resources as well as pressure on C02 emissions.Along with these mega-trends,the rising middle classes of High Growth Regions will drive demand increases for Polypropylene,Polyethylene and PET to more than 150% of demand that is seen in 2017.Cost-advantaged feedstocks will continue to dominate the technologies used for these petrochemical building blocks.