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Chemicals Currency Price UOM 52 Low 52 High

European Gasoil USD 949 1 mt 800 1040

NY Gasoline USD 2.80 1 gallon 2.45 3.45

Diesel USD 970 1 mt 730 1050

Gulf Coast Diesel Futures USD 3.23 1 gallon 2.50 3.30

Kerosene USD 3.03 1 gallon 2.60 3.40

European Naphtha USD 940 1 mt 690 1090

Paraffin Wax

. 52 - 54 USD 1350 1 mt 1300 1400

. 56 - 58 USD 1490 1 mt 1380 1600

. 60 - 62 USD 1630 1 mt 1620 1640

Propane USD 0.84 1 gallon 0.70 1.35

Methanol

USA USD 482 1 mt 439 482

European Euro 370 1 mt 320 370

Asian USD 435 1 mt 425 480

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Ethanol USD 2.23 1 gallon 2.00 2.90

Natural Gas USD 3.11 MMBTU 1.90 3.90

DME Yuan 4350 1 mt

Crude Oil USD

WTI 93.1 barrel

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Remarks Price (USD/mt) 52 Low 52 High

949 800 1040

1064 931 1311

< 10ppm sulphur content 970 730 1050

Paraffinic synthetic diesel generally has a

near-zero content of sulphur and very low

aromatics content 976 755 997

991 851 1112

940 690 1090

1350 1300 1400

1490 1380 1600

1630 1620 1640

The supply of propane cannot easily be

adjusted to meet increased demand,

because of the by-product nature of

propane production 438 365 703

482 439 482

488 422 488

435 425 480

A typical gasoline is a mixture of paraffins

(Alkanes), Naphthenes (cycloalkanes), and

olefins (alkenes). Many countries set limits

on gasoline aromatics and olefins.

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738 662 960

approximately 8.77 gallon of gasoline

700

665

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No of C Main Source

4 - 12 Straight Run Gasoline: Distiled Directly for crude oil.

Catalytic Cracked Gasoline / Naphtha

HydroCracking

Alkylation: The addition of isobutane to alkenes giving

branched chains but low aromatics

Isomerate: Isomerizing low octance straight run gasoline to

iso-parafins8 - 21 Fractional distillation of crude oil

Synthesis Gas followed by Fischer-Tropsch

6 - 16

5 - 12 Fractional distillation of crude oil

3

By-product of natural gas processing: Removal of butane,

propane and large amount of ethane from raw gas.

Petroleum refining: By product of cracking petroleum into

gasoline or heating oil

1 From Synthesis Gas (high selectivity)

Production of Methanol from methane

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2

Produced both as a petrochemical, throught the hydration

of ethylene. Acid Catalysed Hydration

Vast Majority produced by Fermentation for use in

alcoholic beverages and as fuel.

Methanol

Can be manufactured from lignocellulosic biomass

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Demand Conversion rate

Primarily as a fuel in internal combustion engines Euro to USD 1.32

Gasoline 380

Diesel 302.1

Kerosene 327.15

Heating and lighting: Less developed Countries. Cooking

in Nigeria Propane 521

Fuel for jet engines

Feedstock for producing high octane gasoline. Ethanol 331

Bitumen mining industry as a diluent

Producing olefins in steam crackers

Solvent Applications

Alternative to gasoline: liquid state at a moderate

pressure (LPG). Third most popular vehicle fuel in

America

Cooking Gas / Portable Heating

Producing biodiesel via transesterification

40% of methanol is converted to formaldehyde which

are then made into products as diverse as plastics,

plywood, paints, explosives, and permanent press

textiles.

In the early 1970s, a methanol to gasoline process was

developed by Mobil for producing gasoline ready for use

in vehicles. To produce MTBE: gasoline additve.

The market became tight because of the ethane prices

falling in the USA, due to the exploration of shale gas

reserves. The low price ethylene produced from this rawmaterial has given chemical producers in North America

a feedstock advantage.

Such change put naphtha-fed stream crackers at a

disadvantageous position, with many of them shutting

down or revamping to use ethane as feedstock.

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The largest single use of ethanol is as a motor fuel and

fuel additive. Brazil relies on ethanol as a motor fuel.

From Sugar Cane. Gasoline sold in Brazil contains at least

25% anhydrous ethanol.

An important industrial ingredient and has widespread

use a base chemical for other organic compounds. These

include ethyl halides, ethyl esters, diethyl ether, acetic

acid etc

Feed stock for methlating agent, dimethyl sulfate

Promising fuel in diesel engines. Only moderate

modification are needed to convert a diesel enginer to

burn DME

Methanol to Gasoline