Normal Paraffin Capacity Declines As Demand Grows.

PR Newswire | March 13, 2009 | Copyright

The merchant marketplace for normal paraffins will be distressed with ExxonMobil's expected exit from the business in 2009, as customers anticipate Pearl, Shell's Gas-to-Liquids project in Qatar, starting up around mid-2010 or later. Sasol and CEPSA will remain the largest n-paraffin producers worldwide, feeding captive requirements on three continents. Developing markets will see demand for normal paraffins rise by strong growth rates.

BREWSTER, N.Y., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide, the normal paraffin market is realigning in a period of consolidation. ...

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