
Global Olefins Market – Drivers, Opportunities, Trends & Forecasts up to 2020
- December, 2014
- Domain: Chemicals, Materials & Food - Petrochemicals






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Olefins are compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon which consists of one or more pairs of carbon atoms linked by a double bond. Increasing demand of olefin based products in detergents and in production of LLDPE and HDPE are rising the demand of olefins market.
Ethylene is the major segment in the olefins market in types due to its high demand in production of various polyethylene and ethylbenzene. Polyolefins application sector has the largest market share in the global olefins market. Asia-Pacific is one of the major contributors for olefins market and is expected to grow with highest growth rate during forecast period. China with large installed capacities and parallel development of methanol-to-olefin (MTO) technology is increasing the global market competition, especially to compete with cheaper options from Middle Eastern countries. Some of the key players operating in olefins are The Dow Chemical Company, Exxon Mobil Corporation and BASF SE among many others.
The study of the global olefins market ensures a 360° view, bringing out the complete key insights of the industry. These insights help the business decision makers to make better business plans and informed decisions for the future business. In addition, the study helps the venture capitalist in understanding the companies better and take informed decisions.
Report Scope:
- Types
- Butadiene
- Ethylene
- Propylene
- Others
- Applications
- Cumene
- Ethylbenzene
- Olefin Glycols
- Olefin Oxides
- Polyolefins
- Regions
- Asia Pacific
- Europe
- North America
- Rest of the World
- Industry outlook: market trends and drivers, restraints, and opportunities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Report Scope
1.3 Market Definitions
1.4 Research Methodology
1.4.1 Data Collation & In-House Estimation
1.4.2 Market Triangulation
1.4.3 Forecasting
1.5 Study Declarations
1.6 Report Assumptions
1.7 Stakeholders
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Positioning
3.1 Total Addressable Market (TAM): Basic Petrochemicals (Cracking Plant Products)
3.1.1 Market Overview
3.1.2 Major Trends
3.2 Segmented Addressable Market (SAM)
3.3 Related Markets
4 Market Outlook
4.1 Overview
4.2 Value Chain Analysis
4.3 PESTLE Analysis
4.4 Porter 5 (Five) Forces Analysis
4.5 Patents Analysis
5 Market Characteristics
5.1 Market Segmentation
5.2 Market Dynamics
5.2.1 Drivers
5.2.2 Restraints
5.2.3 Opportunities
5.2.4 DRO – Impact Analysis
6 Olefins Type: Market Size and Analysis
6.1 Overview
6.2 Butadiene
6.3 Ethylene
6.4 Propylene
6.5 Vendor Profiles
(Overview, products/services, geographic revenues, recent developments, business focus, SWOT analysis and business strategy for all vendors)
7 Olefins Applications: Market Size and Analysis
7.1 Overview
7.2 Cumene
7.3 Ethylbenzene
7.4 Olefin Glycols
7.5 Olefin Oxides
7.6 Polyolefins
7.7 Customer Profiles
(Overview, product usage, geographic revenues, recent developments, and business strategy for all customers)
8 Regions: Market Size and Analysis
8.1 Overview
8.2 North America
8.3 Europe
8.4 Asia Pacific
8.5 Rest of the World
9 Companies To Watch For
10 Competitive Landscape
10.1 Competitor Product & Geography Benchmarking
10.2 Market Landscape
10.2.1 Key Strategies Adopted
Annexure
Acronyms
Research Framework
Infoholic Research works on a holistic 360° approach in order to deliver high quality, validated and reliable information in our market reports. The Market estimation and forecasting involves following steps:
- Data Collation (Primary & Secondary)
- In-house Estimation (Based on proprietary data bases and Models)
- Market Triangulation
- Forecasting

Market related information is congregated from both primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources
Involved participants from all global stakeholders such as Solution providers, service providers, Industry associations, thought leaders etc. across levels such as CXOs, VPs and managers. Plus, our in-house industry experts having decades of industry experience contribute their consulting and advisory services.
Secondary sources
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