MMSA Methanol Notes™

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Issue No.

Date

Topic

05-01

08/06/05

Global Methanol Supply and Demand

05-02

09/06/05China Formaldehyde

05-03

10/06/05Global Methanol Supply
05-0411/07/05China Methanol Supply

05-05

29/07/05China Methanol Demand, Global Pricing
05-0626/08/05China Methanol Demand
05-0730/08/05Methanol to Olefins
05-0806/09/05China Methanol Conference Notes
05-0916/09/05China Methanol Cash Cost Curve
05-1019/09/05China Latent Methanol Demand
05-1128/09/05Asian Acetic Acid Margins
05-1203/10/05Asian Methanol Supply and Demand
05-1328/10/05China Methanol Demand
05-1425/11/05Methanol Volume versus Value
05-1508/12/05Methanol Environmental Issues
05-1609/12/05China & India Methanol Demand, Price
06-0109/01/06Asian Growth in Capacity versus Demand
06-0224/01/06Acetic Acid Margins
06-0316/02/06China Methanol and Acetic Acid Demand
06-0420/03/06China Methanol Cash Cost
06-0527/04/06Methanol Construction Cost and Profitability
06-0602/05/06Equivalent Methanol Imports - China
06-0705/05/06MTBE - US Phase Out
06-0818/05/069th IMPCA Asian Methanol Conference 2006 Summary
06-0902/06/06Global Methanol Price Outlook
06-1006/06/06China Methanol Cash Costs
06-1113/06/06European Methanol Developments
06-1219/06/06China Methanol and Acetic Acid Demand
06-1330/06/063Q Global Supply and Demand Balance Update
06-1407/07/06Gulf Margins and Freight to Asia
06-1526/07/06Methanol to Olefins Economics
06-1612/09/06Methanol Affordability and Price Outlook
06-1719/09/06China Projects Update
06-1822/09/06Acetic Acid Margins
06-1926/09/06Methanol Pricing Outlook
06-2004/10/06 4Q Global Supply & Demand Balance Update
06-2110/10/06China Apparent MeOH, Acetic Acid Demand
06-2217/10/06Asia Required Operating Rate
06-2323/10/06Asia Biodiesel Update
06-2431/10/06Indian Methanol Demand
06-2507/11/06Asian MTBE Outlook
06-2614/11/06Methanol Fuel Outlook
06-2717/11/06China Methanol Exports
06-2821/11/06Acetic Acid Margins
06-2928/11/06Methanol Shipping - Time Charter Rates
06-3005/12/06Butanediol
06-3112/12/06Global Methanol Cash Costs
06-3215/12/06China Methanol & Acetic Acid Demand
06-3319/12/06Asia Biodiesel Update
06-3422/12/061Q '07 Market Forecast Update
07-0103/01/07Polyvinyl Alcohol
07-0209/01/07MMA Singapore/Asia
07-0316/01/072007 Asia MeOH Balance
07-0423/01/07China MeOH Demand & Trade
07-0530/01/07Global Formaldehyde Demand
07-0602/02/072007 Capacity Additions
07-0706/02/072007 Global Methanol Price Outlook
07-0813/02/07China Acetic Acid & Derivative Trade
07-0921/02/07Acetic Acid Prices/Margins
07-1027/02/07Asia Biodiesel Update
07-1102/03/07Early '07 China MeOH Trade
07-1206/03/07Methanol Affordability
07-1313/03/07Methanol Supply & Demand Forecast
07-1420/03/07Methanol-to-Olefins Economics
07-1527/03/07Updated 2007 Methanol Price Outlook
07-1603/04/07China Methanol & Acetic Acid Demand
07-1710/04/07Natural Gas Pricing Cartel
07-1817/04/07Di Methyl Ether Outlook
07-1924/04/07China Methanol Trade
07-2027/04/07Acetic Acid Price & Margin
07-2102/05/07China MeOH Conference Impressions
07-2208/05/07Asian MeOH Conference Lineup
07-2315/05/0710th IMPCA Asian MeOH Conference Highlights
07-2422/05/07

China Methanol & Acetic Acid Demand

07-2525/05/07April China Trade
07-2629/05/07China DME and LPG
07-2705/06/07Acetic Acid Prices and Margins
07-2812/06/073Q Euro Price Discussions and Methanol Affordability
07-2919/06/07Biofuels, REACH Starts, 3Q European Pricing
07-3026/06/07Updated MMSA Methanol Price Forecasts
07-3103/07/07China Net Methanol Trade
07-3210/07/07Global Biodiesel Feedstock
07-3317/07/073Q Global Methanol and Derivatives Supply and Demand Update
07-3424/07/07China 2007 Estimated Net Equivalent Acetic Acid Trade
07-3531/07/07China Methanol Demand and Trade Outlook
07-3608/08/07Middle East Methanol Capacity Outlook
07-3714/08/07Global Methanol Freight Charter vs Spot
07-3821/08/07Asian Methanol Project Update
07-3928/08/07China Methanol Demand Growth and Trade Patterns
07-4004/09/07Indonesian Methanol Trade & Demand Patterns
07-4111/09/07Global Acetic Acid - China Impact
07-4218/09/07Updated MMSA Methanol Price Forecasts
07-4325/09/07Methanol Pricing & Affordability
07-4428/09/07Methanol Price Forecast Update
07-4502/10/074Q2007 Global Methanol and Derivatives Supply and Demand Update
07-4609/10/07Methylamines
07-4716/10/07Asian Methanol Speech at '07 Methanol Forum by MMSA
07-4823/10/07Toronto Conference & Special Announcement
07-4930/10/07Russian Methanol 2007 Outlook
07-5006/11/07China Impact on Global Methanol Balance
07-51

13/11/07

Acetic Acid Price and Margin Outlook
07-5220/11/07Argentine Natural Gas Outlook
07-5327/11/07China Methanol Apparent Demand & Trade
07-5404/12/07DME Project Update
07-5511/12/07Methanol to Synfuels
07-5618/12/07Methanol 20 Year Outlook
07-5721/12/071Q2008 Global Methanol Update
08-0108/01/08China Methanol Demand 2000 to 2008
08-0215/01/08Coal Prices and Methanol Costs
08-0322/01/08Acetic Acid Prices & Margins
08-0428/01/08Global Formaldehyde Impact on Methanol Demand
08-0505/02/08Methanol to Olefins Viability 1Q 2008 Outlook
08-0612/02/08Russian Methanol Demand
08-0719/02/08ASEAN Methanol - Steady and Growing Supply
08-0826/02/08China Formaldehyde Demand Growth Outlook
08-0904/03/082007 Methanol Trade Flows - Middle East & Asia
08-1011/03/081Q 2008 China Apparent Methanol Demand
08-1118/03/082008 Asian Methanol Balance Outlook
08-1225/03/08Updated Acetic Acid Prices & Margins
08-1328/03/08Southeast Asia Biodiesel Update 
08-1401/04/08India Methanol Market Outlook
08-1508/04/08Methanol Prices, Cash Costs, and Energy
08-1615/04/08China Methanol & Derivatives Forum 2008
08-1722/04/08Methanol Monthly Price Forecast Update
08-1829/04/08Methanol Affordability April 2008
08-1906/05/08Methanol Apparent Demand and Trade in China
08-2013/05/08Middle East Methanol Projects Outlook
08-21 27/05/08 Asian Methanol Projects Outlook
08-2203/06/08Southeast Asia Biodiesel - An Updated Review
08-2310/06/08China Acetic Acide Apparent Demand 
08-24 17/06/08 2008 IMPCA European Mini-Conference Highlights
08-2524/06/08Updated Coal Prices and Methanol Costs 
08-26 27/06/08 Global Methanol Price Outlook Update 
08-2701/07/083Q2008 Global Methanol and Derivatives Supply and Demand Update 
08-2808/07/08Acetic Acid Prices and Margins - Health of the Acetic Acid Value Chain 
08-2915/07/08Methanol Pricing and Affordability
08-3022/07/08 Methanol Affordability: Gasoline Blends in China
08-3129/07/08China Methanol Apparent Demand July 2008 
08-32 05/08/08 Russian Methanol Demand and Increasing Russian Exports 
08-3312/08/08Updated Southeast Asia Biodiesel Review and CPO Prices 
08-34 19/08/08 

Methanol, DME, & LPG Pricing Trends 

08-3526/08/08China Methanol Apparent Demand August 2008
08-3602/09/08 China MTBE Net Trade Shift
08-3709/09/08Middle East Gulf Netback Margins
08-38 16/09/08 Methanol To Olefins Economics - An Updated Review 
08-3923/09/08China Acetic Acid Apparent Demand and Domestic Prices 
08-4030/09/084Q2008 Global Methanol & Derivatives Supply and Demand Update
08-41 07/10/08 Coal versus Crude Prices 
08-4214/10/08Updated Acetic Acid Prices and Margins
08-4321/10/08Methanol Affordability as Prices Fall 
08-44 28/10/08 MMSA Methanol Forum '08 Presentation - Downside Scenarios for MeOH
08-4531/10/08China Methanol Apparent Demand October 2008 
08-46 04/11/08 Updated Russian Methanol Apparent Demand  
08-4711/11/08Biodiesel Policy and Economic Dynamics - Impact on Southeast Asia 
08-48 18/11/08US Methanol Apparent Demand
08-4925/11/08Global Methanol Price Outlook - November Update
08-50 02/12/08 China Acetic Acid Apparent Demand 
08-5109/12/08China Methanol Apparent Demand December 2008 
08-52 16/12/08 China DME Prices and Margins - Relationship with Methanol and LPG Prices
08-5323/12/08Methanol to Olefins Viability 4Q 2008 
08-5430/12/08 Methanol Affordability: Gasoline Blends in China - An Updated Review 
09-0106/01/091Q2009 Global Methanol Price Outlook Update 
09-02 13/01/091Q2009 Global Methanol & Derivatives Supply and Demand Update 
09-0320/01/09MeOH in Gasoline Blending: A Review on China Gasoline Production
09-04 23/01/09 Methanol Affordability January 2009 
09-0528/01/09China Methanol Apparent Demand - Full Year 2008 
09-06 03/02/09 Japanese Methanol and The Auto Industry 
09-0710/02/09South Korea Methanol Imports - Year 2003 to 2008 
09-08 17/02/09Acetic Acid - Global Trade To China 
09-09 24/02/09 Coal versus Energy Prices
09-10 03/03/09 Southeast Asia Biodiesel Review and CPO Prices - March 2009 Update
09-11 10/03/09 China Methanol Imports - Full Year '08 and January '09
09-12 17/03/09 Updated Acetic Acid Prices and Margins - March 2009  
09-1324/03/092Q 2009 Methanol and Derivatives Analysis Update
09-14 31/03/09 China DME Prices and Margins - March 2009 Update 
09-1507/04/09Updated China Methanol Apparent Demand and Imports 
09-16 14/04/09 Global Methanol Demand - 2009 vs. 2008
09-17 21/04/09 Cash Costs, Prices and China Imports 
09-18 24/04/09 China Methanol Apparent Demand - April 2009 update 
09-1928/04/09Updated Methanol to Olefins Economics 
09-2005/05/09Russian Methanol Apparent Demand Update  
09-2112/05/09Coal versus Energy Prices - May 2009 Update
09-2219/05/09China Methanol Equivalent Imports
09-2326/05/09Asian MTBE - Recent Developments and Outlook 
09-2402/06/09 Gasoline, MeOH & China - Update  
09-2509/06/09Crude Oil versus Methanol
09-26 16/06/09 China DME Prices & Margins - June 2009 
09-2723/06/09Updated Methanol Affordability 
09-28 30/06/09 China Anti-Dumping and Methanol Cost Structure 
09-2907/07/093Q 2009 Methanol and Derivatives Analysis Update 
09-30 14/07/09 Acetic Acid Prices & Margins 
09-3121/07/09Methanol vs. Ethanol in China 
09-3228/07/09China Apparent Demand & Imports - July 2009
09-3304/08/09MeOH in Gasoline Blending: Economics and M85 Standard in China
09-3411/08/09Wood Panel and Methanol Prices
09-3518/08/09Updated Methanol to Olefins Economics 
09-36 25/08/09 Japan and Korea Demand Update 
09-3701/09/09Taiwan Demand Update 
09-38 08/09/09 Middle East Netback Margins & Global Methanol Prices 
09-3915/09/09India vs China Methanol Demand, 1990-2009E 
09-40 22/09/09 Southeast Asia Biodiesel Update - September 2009
09-4129/09/09Methanol, DME, and LPG Pricing 
09-42 06/10/094Q2009 Methanol & Derivatives Analysis Update 
09-4313/10/09Methanol Affordability and Pricing Direction 
09-44 20/10/09 Coal versus Energy Prices - October 2009
09-4527/10/09Methanol - Still Creating Value 
09-4603/11/09Hydrocarbon Monetization - A Review of MTO Process
09-4710/11/09Highlights from the 12th IMPCA Asian Methanol Conference 
09-48 17/11/09 MTBE Profitability 
09-4924/11/09Updated Russian Methanol Apparent Demand
09-50 01/12/09 China Apparent Demand & Imports - October 2009 
09-5108/12/09Malaysia Wood Panel Exports & Formaldehyde Demand 
09-52 15/12/09 Coal Grades and Pricing 
09-5322/12/09DME Economics in the US: A Case Study 
09-54 29/12/09 1Q2010 Methanol & Derivatives Analysis Update 
10-0105/01/10Singapore Methanol and Derivatives Trade Patterns 
10-02 12/01/10 India Methanol Imports (Jan-Nov 2009) 
10-0319/01/10Methanol Trade versus Transport
10-0426/01/10 Southeast Asia Biodiesel Update - January 2010
10-0502/02/10Gasoline, MeOH & China - February 2010 Update 
10-06 09/02/10 DME Markets - Next Steps  
10-0717/02/10Asian Acetic Acid: Towards Self-Sufficiency 
10-08 23/02/10 Russian Methanol - Ready To Recover  
10-0902/03/10Japan and Korea Demand Update - March 2010 
10-1009/03/10Formaldehyde Faces Regulatory Challenge 
11-1016/03/10China Apparent Methanol Demand - A New Production Record
12-1023/03/10Equivalent Methanol Imports into China 
13-1030/03/10China Acetic Acid Self-Sufficiency
14-10 06/04/10 Global Formaldehyde Market Synopsis 2010
15-1013/04/10Global MMA Market Synopsis 
16-10 20/04/10 MeOH in Gasoline Blending - An Updated Review
17-1027/04/10Petroleum Coke as Methanol Feedstock
18-10 04/05/10 Updated China Methanol Apparent Demand  
19-1011/05/10China DME Prices and Margins - May 2010 
20-1018/05/10 Coal versus Energy Prices - May 2010 
21-1025/05/10Japan and Korea Methanol Demand Update 
22-1001/06/10Taiwan and Thailand Methanol Demand Update 
23-1008/06/10Southeast Asia Biodiesel - Exports versus Domestic Demand 
24-10 15/06/10 Industrial Production and Methanol Demand 
25-1022/06/10Singapore MeOH & Derivatives Trade Patterns - June 2010
26-10 29/06/10 Russian Apparent Methanol Demand 
27-1006/07/10India Acetic Acid Production and Imports 
28-10 13/07/10 Methanol Affordability & Pricing Direction 
29-1020/07/10Methanol to Olefins Economics - An Updated Review
30-10 27/07/10 MeOH in Gasoline Blending: China & Beyond