エネルギー需給動向と化学原料への影響(<特集>これからの化石資源〜エネルギー戦略と技術開発〜)

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From the era of coal down to modern times, the chemical feedstocks have been changing. It depends on the energy supply and demand which hydrocarbon is used in the chemical industry. Naphtha and byproduct from the petroleum refining processes became the major instead of coal tar from coke ovens because of sufficient supply at lower cost. The increase of supply and demand of natural gas caused the use in the chemical industry. In China, coal is widely used to produce methanol and the derivatives because of geopolitical reason. Cheaper shale gas produced in the USA will remarkably affect the feedstock of the chemical industry. The current trends of energy supply and demand are overviewed and the effects on chemical feedstock are discussed with the several examples.
2013-05-20