Topics covered:

• Feedstocks – From oil, gas, and coal to biomass; where they come from and how they influence the economics
• Chemical building blocks – How the seven basic petrochemical building blocks are converted into the industry’s most important products
• Technology and economics – Their inter-dependency and the impact of new technologies
• Market of each key chemical – Supply, demand, and trade
• Change – The industry’s massive restructuring
• Main players – The petrochemical players and their history
• Major applications – Fertilizers, polymers (plastics, fibers, paints, rubbers, resins, etc.), consumer products, pharmaceuticals, etc.
• Hot topics – Biorenewables, coal to chemicals, methanol to olefins, the shale revolution, etc.