Global Petrochemicals Conference 2007 -
4th Annual Meeting

Event Topics

This years event topics include:

- Overview of regional trends, challenges and opportunities including analysis of emerging markets such as the Middle East, Asia, India, South America and Central and Eastern Europe.

- Current market analysis and future forecasting. This will include a look at industry rationalization, sustainability, petrochemical forecasting, the effect of oil prices and EU directives on the petrochemical industry.

- Feed stocks for petrochemical production including evaluation of the feed stock value chain, feed stock costs and sources and developments in new feed stock technologies.

- Refinery and petrochemical integration including an update on integration projects and petrochemicals drivers for refinery investment.

- The global outlook for the olefins sector including a look at technology for on-purpose propylene and aging European olefins plants and their ability to fulfil future demand.

- The global outlook for the aromatics sector including future market forecasts, ethylene production drivers and xylene production technology.

- The global outlook for the polymers sector including a look at future challenges and strategies, new developments in cracker and polymer technologies and a new look at bio-polymers.

- Sustaining competitive advantage within Europe including a look at revamping technology for the optimization of profits and meeting environmental requirements, new opportunities and expansion of low cost production facilities amongst European operators and staying ahead of low-cost competition.