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Benzene
Benzene is the main petrochemical material. Global benzene production in 2012 came in at 42.1 mn tons, while global capacity in 2012 was 57.8mn tons. Benzene has many downstream applications, such as ethylbenzene, cumene, cyclohexane etc... The main producers in the world include ExxonMobil, JX Nippon, Total PC etc...
| Product | Upstream | Downstream application | Global capacity in 2012 | Global production in 2012 | Global CUR in 2012 | Top list |
| Benzene | Naphtha, coal | Ethylbenzene, Cumene, Cyclohexane, nitrobenzene etc. | 57.8mn tons | 42.1mn tons | 73% | ExxonMobil, JX Nippon, FPCC, Total PC, Braskem, BP, Idemitsu Kosan, Dow Benelux, Shell Chemical, PTTAR |
