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• Introduction to the petrochemical industry
• Petrochemical feedstocks – Natural gas, NGLs (including impact of shale gas), Petroleum, Coal and Renewables
• Fundamentals of the Olefins Business – Ethylene, Propylene and C4’s

• Introduction to polymers and plastics
• Inter-polymer competition
• Polyethylene – LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE

• Polypropylene – Homopolymer, Impact Copolymer, Random Copolymer
• Vinyls Business – Chlor/Alkali, VCM and PVC

• Fundamentals of the Aromatics Business – Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes
• Polyester Business – PTA, PET
• Styrenics Business – Polystyrene, EPS, ABS

Closing Remarks