WP Report
Refinery Butylenes
This World Petrochemical (WP) report on Refinery Butylenes contains complete global and country supply/demand balances for the base year, the past five years and five and ten year projections. The complete report including the analyses and supply/demand tables contains approximately 165 pages. There is also a table showing projected catalytic cracking and coker capacity additions by producer, location, and (average daily) capacity of the increments, as well as the major global catalytic cracking and coker units by producer and total average daily (base year) capacities.
Published January 2011
Abstract
Global production and consumption of refinery butylenes in 2010 were each approximately 44 million metric tons. Global refinery butylenes consumption in 2010 decreased slightly by 0.2% from 2009, however, total consumption growth for refinery butylenes is expected to recover by 1.5% in 2011. From 2010 to 2020, global consumption growth will average only 0.5% per year, with chemicals having the fastest growth.
Alkylate accounted for approximately 64% of global refinery butylenes consumption in 2010, followed by chemical uses with 13% of total consumption. The following pie chart shows world consumption of refinery butylenes in 2010 by end use.
