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Natural Gas to Methanol to Olefins - Process Schematic

of olefins such as ethylene (MTO) and propylene (MTP) at a commercial scale which can absorb

absorb significant quantities of methanol production. However, current market dynamics and process economics

and process economics leave both of these processes to a not too distant future date.

of methanol per 1 MT of ethylene. 1 MTO plant represents 2.5 MM MTPA of methanol. 1% ethylene demand met by MTO process represents 17%

of the global methanol production. Ethylene market currently 90 MMTPY will be growing to 160+ MMTPA by 2015.

Propylene market currently is 50 MMTPA growing to 105+ MMTPA by 2015.

These processes need methanol prices of less than $100/MT (methanol prices is 290$/MT in 2003) and the ethylene prices

of $500/MT and the propylene prices of $400/T.

Also, follow the links to other pages for the comparitive economics of the Methanol to MTO process at varying ethane, methanol

and ethylene prices.