Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5
SWOT
Analysis — 6
Kuwait Petrochemicals Industry
SWOT — 6
Kuwait Political SWOT — 6
Kuwait Economic SWOT — 7
Kuwait Business Environment
SWOT — 7
Global Market Overview — 8
Global Ethylene Capacities — 8
Table: World Ethylene
Production By Country, 2008 And 2013 (‘000 tonnes
capacity) — 8
Polypropylene — 11
Global Oil Products Market Review — 14
Table Global Oil
Prices, 2003-2013 (US$ per barrel) — 18
Gulf Regional
Overview — 19
Table: Announced Ethylene Cracker Projects
In The Gulf Region — 21
Kuwait Market
Overview — 22
Petrochemicals Business
Environment — 24
Table: Middle East And Africa
Petrochemicals Business Environment Ratings — 24
Limits Of
Potential Returns — 25
Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 25
Overview Of Kuwait’s Business
Environment — 26
Foreign Investment
Policy — 27
Political
Developments — 28
Industry Trends And
Developments — 30
Upstream — 31
Refining — 32
Corporate
Developments — 34
Olefins And
Polyolefins — 34
Aromatics — 35
Table:
Upcoming Projects In Kuwait — 36
Overseas
Investments — 36
Industry Forecast
Scenario — 38
Table: Kuwaiti Petrochemicals Sector,
2006-2013 (000 b/d, unless otherwise stated) — 39
Macroeconomic Outlook — 40
Table: Kuwait – Economic
Activity, 2005-2013 — 42
Company
Monitor — 43
Petrochemicals Industries Company
(PIC) — 43
Equate Petrochemical
Company — 44
Country Snapshot: Kuwait Demographic
Data — 46
Section 1: Population — 46
Table: Demographic Indicators, 2005-2030 — 46
Table:
Rural/Urban Breakdown, 2005-2030 — 47
Section 2: Education
And Healthcare — 47
Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 47
Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 47
Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 48
Table: Employment Indicators,
1997-2006 — 48
Table: Consumer Expenditure,
2000-2012 — 48
BMI Methodology — 49
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts — 49
Chemicals And
Petrochemicals Industry — 49
Cross
Checks — 50
Business Environment
Ratings — 51
Table: Petrochemicals Business Environment
Indicators And Rationale — 51
Weighting — 52
Table: Weighting Of
Indicators — 52
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