AROMATICS How petrochemicals are used today CRUDE OIL NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR COAL Methane ENERGY SOURCE BIOFUELS & RENEWABLES INTERMEDIATES / CHEMICALS / POLYMERS APPLICATIONS DISTILLATION REFORMING / ISOMERIZATION CATALYTIC / HYDROCRACKING THERMAL CRACKING / COKING CRACKER PRODUCTS REFINING & PROCESSING Methane © Copyright 2018 ICIS . ICIS is a division of Reed Business Information - www.reedbusiness.com, part of RELX Group - www.relxgroup.com. ICIS accepts no liability for commercial decisions based on the content of this flowchart. Propane Butane Gasoline Jet / Kerosene Diesel Gasoil / VGO Fuel oil Lubricants Wax Asphalt Coke Sulphur www.icis.com Mixed xylenes Plasticisers Phthalic anhydride Flexible PVC Paraxylene Metaxylene PTA DMT Polyesters Solvents Toluene di-isocyanate OLEFINS Ethylbenzene Styrene Unsaturated polyester ABS/SAN SBR Styrene butadiene rubber Polystyrene plastics Aniline Cumene Phenol Maleic anhydride Phenolic resins Bisphenol A Acetone MMA PMMA Solvents Epoxy resin Caprolactam Polycarbonate Cyclohexane Nylons Alkylbenzene Surfactants PET bottles Soft furnishings Sports equipment Optical media Sports equipment Electrical & electronics Food packaging Furniture Butadiene Propylene oxide Acrylonitrile Ethylene oxide Methyl methacrylate (MMA) Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) Acetic acid Formaldehyde Polyurethane Resins Olefins MTBE (Fuel ether) Fuel Thermal insulation Pipes Adhesives Antifreeze Isobutylene MTBE (Fuel ether) SBL SBR BR Polyisobutylene Butyl rubbers n-Butenes Automotive Polyols Polyurethane Propylene glycol ethers Propylene glycol (di-, tri-, ...) (Mono) Propylene glycol Polyester resins Solvents SAN plastics ABS plastics Acrylic fibres NBR Synthetic rubber Isopropanol Butyraldehyde Acrylic acid Polyacrylate Acrylic acid esters Superabsorbents Phenol Acetone Cumene Acetone Isopropyl acetate Film and sheets Paints and coatings Inks Isobutyl acetate Isobutanol n-Butanol n-Butylacetate Plasticisers 2-Ethyl-hexanol Solvents Solvents Ethylene glycol (di-, tri-) Ethanolamines Ethylene glycol ethers Ethylene glycol ethers acetates (Mono) ethylene glycol Polyesters Unsaturated polyester resins TEA MEA DEA Solvents Ethyl alcohol ETBE Ethylene dichloride Vinyl chloride monomer PVC Vinyl acetate monomer Toluene MDI BDO PBT UPR STEAM CRACKING STEAM CRACKING STEAM CRACKING STEAM CRACKING Refinery Gases Methane Propane/LPG Butane Ethane CATALYTIC REFORMING STEAM CRACKING NGLs/Condensate STEAM CRACKING PDH FCC PROCESSING Propylene glycol ether acetates Polyurethane Orthoxylene GASIFICATION Methanol C4 stream Naphtha Food packaging Detergents Window profiles Automotive Tyres Paper Textiles Marine industry Paints and coatings Liquid packaging Ethylene Polyethylenes (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE) Polypropylene Propylene Benzene Textiles Wire and cables Adipic acid Styrene Ethylbenzene Pharmaceuticals Wood products Glazing Agro- chemicals Engine parts Disposable nappies (diapers) Computers Electric & electronic appliances Construction Cosmetics Pygas/ Reformate Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) Ethyl acetate (EAC) Terephthalic acid Butyl acetate This is not intended to be a fully comprehensive picture of all possible product flows in the industry. This wall chart was inspired by Petrochemicals Europe, an industry sector of Cefic, whom ICIS is proud to support.