When is the Next Upturn?

As the petrochemical industry continues its recovery from the recession, everyone is anxious to know when the upturn is going to kick in and if the prediction of a supercycle is truly taking place.

"For the supercycle theory to come true, Asia must continue to do all the heavy economic lifting, as the outlook for the US and Europe is at best fragile." [May 3- June 5 2011, source: ICIS Chemical Business]

That may not be the case as the economic cooling measures implemented by the Chinese government would suppress growth in the short term.

On other hand, some Asian countries are slowly gaining a stronger traction in the petrochemical market. Vietnam is one such emerging player by establishing herself as a low-cost production hub with downstream processing and conversion industries. Refinery and petchem projects are finally back on track after much delay and will only come onstream a few years later. India is the next biggest petrochemical hub after China with a strong downstream market growth. What are some of the recent government incentives and regulations and how would it aid or impede the growth? After the March disaster in Japan, how are the various chemical sectors coping and what is the road to recovery for these Japanese petrochemical producers?

Due to the abundance of shale gas in US, some companies have announced plans to expand or build new petrochemical capacity. How viable is shale gas as an alternative feedstock to naphtha, LPG etc. and what is the potential of investment by these companies for export?

With the expansion of China's downstream styrenics plastics sector to 2m tonnes, how would this affect styrene's supply and demand in the region? How would this also impact the ABS and SBR markets whereby styrene is one of the key feedstock? Will we continue to see strong demand for ABS/SBR/EPS?

CMT's 18th Asia Petrochemical Summit brings together global and regional leaders to address all these issues, to share their experiences and to map out their visions for the future.

Register online at www.cmtevents.com or contact huiyan@cmtsp.com.sg

Key Reasons to be at 18th APS:

• Feedstock market dynamics and price forecast
• Keep abreast of the latest cracker situation in Asia and the Middle East
• Analyse the dynamics and trade trends in the olefins and derivatives markets
• Regional petchem outlook of India, China,Vietnam, Japan and Middle East
• Zoom into new approaches for producing biofuels & bio-chemicals
• Gain insight into the market developments of styrene, butadiene, ABS, SBR, EPS, Engineering Plastics & PVC
• Find out new innovations in cracker technology to optimize production process

You will network with

CEOs , Presidents, GMs,
Product/Marketing/Sales Directors,
Business Development Managers,
Executives & Traders from Feedstock / Olefins /
Aromatics / Plastics Companies,
Coal & Natural Gas Companies, Refineries,
Additives and Catalyst Companies,
Industry/Energy Consultants,
Project Financiers, Technology Licensors,
International Engineering & Contracting Firms
supporting the energy industries

Confirmed Speakers:

- Gaffney, Cline & Associates (Consultants) Pte Ltd - Mitsubishi Corporation - LanzaTech Inc. - Purvin & Gertz - Nexant Thailand Ltd. - Ongc Petro Additions Limited (OPal) -DSM Engineering Plastics Asia Pacific - IRPC Public Company Limited - Petroleum Institute of Thailand - KBC Advanced Technology Pte Ltd - Reliance Industries Limited - Vietnam National Chemical Corp(Vinachem) - Association of Petrochemical Industry Corporation (APIC)