Overview

Global Energy Monitor's Global Chemicals Inventory (GChI) tracks production of eight building block chemicals worldwide, revealing feedstock dependencies and ownership patterns that underpin future decarbonization pathways for the chemical sector.

The Global Chemicals Inventory provides information on global production of eight “building block” chemicals: ethylene, propylene, and butadiene (“olefins”); benzene, toluene, and xylene (“aromatics”); ammonia; and methanol. The GChI was developed as a joint effort between Global Energy Monitor and the Spatial Finance Initiative. The Spatial Finance Initiative is hosted at the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme at the University of Oxford.

The GChI includes plant-level data on location, ownership, primary and secondary chemical products, and feedstocks. It comprises facilities that produce any of the eight building block chemicals, including standalone chemical plants, oil refineries, integrated refinery and chemical complexes, and ammonia and methanol production facilities. Each of these plant types consist of multiple units, which vary depending on chemical type and production method. Each plant included in the inventory is linked to a wiki page on GEM.wiki that provides additional details.

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