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ICIS SUPPLY & DEMAND DATABASE

USER GUIDE – Version 5 (March 2015)

INDEX

Part 1 – Getting Started - Home Page and New Queries…………………………………….. page 1

Part 2 – Query Types: Examples of Queries …………………………………… …………. page 5

Part 3 – Filters: Product, Zone, Company, Year…………………………………………………… page 22

Part 4 – ‘Execute’: running a Query to produce a Report……………………………………. page 25

Part 5 – More, Advanced Options, Rearrange, Output……………………………………….. page 25

Part 6 – Once a Report is Generated…………………………………………………………………… page 29

Part 7 – Save Reports & Save Queries…………………………………………………………………. page 31

Part 8 – Saved Queries, Saved Reports, & Quarterly Market Monitors………………. page 32

Part 9 – Legend and Report Viewer……………………………………………………………………. page 35

Part 10 – New Features………………………………………………………………………………………. page 36

Part 11 – Web browsers……………………………………………………………………………………… page 41

Part 12 – Time outs…………………………………………………………………………………………….. page 41

Part 13 – Help, Enhancements and Notifications……………………………………………….. page 42

Part 14 – User Group………………………………………………………………………………………….. page 42

Part 15 – Energy & Refining (detailed options)…………………………………………………….page 43

Part 16 – Glossary………………………………………………………………………………………………. page 47

PART 1 – Getting Started

HOME PAGE

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A QUERY is set of parameters by which a report is created. It is not the output (the report).

By saving the Query, a new report can be requested each time the data is refreshed by ICIS

Consulting but this data will have changed to reflect the changing circumstances over time

i.e. since your last query. The data generated, therefore, may not be the same.

A REPORT is the outcome of any Query that you make. It is the data output. Once it is saved,

it is saved as a snapshot of the data at the time you made the query, the data will not

change, and the report can be recovered at a later stage. It is not refreshed by any, later,

data updates to the system by our colleagues in the ICIS Consulting group.

Recommendation: - use ‘Save Reports’ when a snapshot at a particular moment in time is

required; use ‘Save Query’ if you wish to retain the parameters of any particular report but

also want to capture data updates. (For more details on Saving see Parts 6 & 7)

NEW QUERIES – using ‘Query Type’

Flexible

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Energy & Refining

Note: This option is particularly detailed – see section ‘Part 15 Energy & Refining – detailed

options’.

Cracker Feedstock Slates

Standard Balances

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Regional Trade

Country Trade Statistics

Ownership

Econometrics

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PART 2 – Examples of Queries

This section is intended to give representative examples of the output that can be obtained

by running a Query. It is not exhaustive. The examples can be found by clicking on the icon

on the right-hand side of each Query

To Note: Each Query is numbered. This number should be quoted if and when you should

have problems with any of the Queries you run and you wish further help.

Flexible

1.1 Flexible Query

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1.2 Flexible Query for Energy & feedstock data

1.3 Flexible Query on Refinery Units only

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1.4 Refinery Selective Counter

Energy & Refining

2.1. Energy & Feedstocks

Note: This option is particularly detailed – see section ‘Part 15 Energy & Refining – detailed

options’.

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2.2 Refining & NGL

2.3. Refining Capacity

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2.4 Refinery Capacity with Technology and Start Up Details

3.1.a Cracker Feedstock Slates – fixed layout

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3.1.b Cracker feedstock Slates – interactive report

3.2 Crackers Coproduct Availability by Feedstocks

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3.3. Total Crackers Coproduct Availability by Year

4.1 Supply/Demand Balance

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4.2 Monomer Balance & Derivatives Capacity

4.3 Country Profile / Profile of Countries in a Region

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4.4 Downstream Integration

4.5 Site Balance

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4.6 Balance Inclusive of First Level Derivatives

5.1a Regional Product Flows Basic Matrix

5.1b Regional Derivative Flow Basic Matrix

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5.2a Product Flows from Selected Areas vs. the Rest of the World

5.2b Derivative Flows from Selected Areas vs. the Rest of the World

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5.3 Net Trade Balance, Product & Derivatives

5.4 Selected Areas vs. The Rest of the World Net Trade, Product & Derivatives

5.5 Regional Net Trade

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5.6 Total Trade for Selected Products

5.7 One Tear Total/Detailed Regional Flow, Slected Products

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5.8 Trade Balance, Selected Product Derivatives

5.9 Total Trade, Product & Derivatives

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6.1. Monthly Country Statistics - Monthly Trade

6.2. Monthly Country Statistics – StatCode Country Trade

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7.1 Ownership Structure

8.1 Consumer Price Indexes

8.2 GDP by country as % growth

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8.3 GDP by country as values

8.4 Population by country

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8.5 Exchange Rates to US Dollar

PART 3 – Filters: Product, Zone, Company, Year

Once you have chosen your Query Type, use the ‘Selections’ menu to define your choice of

product, geographical region and time duration.

‘Product’, ‘Zone’ and ‘Year’ are normally mandatory choices.

Example – 1.1. Flexible Query

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Product

Zone

There are various methods of selection. These can be made by:-

a) Ticking individual boxes

Your choices will appear in the right-hand side of the screen

Your choices will appear in the right-hand side of the screen

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b) Using Ctrl-Shift to select a range within these boxes

c) Typing the name of the Company in the Search box

Selections will appear on the right-hand side.

Company

Year

Your choices will appear in the right-hand side of the screen

Your choices will appear in the right-hand side of the screen

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PART 4 – Execute

Use the ‘Execute’ function

The ‘Execute in new tab’ function allows you to run a separate query for comparison

purposes e.g. to change the product whilst retaining the same geographical and time

duration parameters, or to change the geographical region for the same product.

The ‘Execute in Full View’ function provides the output in full-screen view. This option,

however, does not permit functionality of the small-screen view e.g. graphics.

PART 5 – More, Standard Options, Advanced Options, Rearrange, Output

In the ‘Filters’ section, these functions can be found below ‘Product’, ‘Zone’, ‘Company’ and

‘Year’.

They are usually not mandatory but can be used to enhance the Report when it is finally

produced.

An Example : 1.1 – Flexible Query

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Route – shows the chemical production method used.

Technology – shows the technical production method used.

Licence – shows the Licensor of that technology.

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Standard Options/Advanced Options

Is specific to the Query in question and allows additional data, aggregated data or exclusion

of specific data if required.

Rearrange

Allows rearrangement of the columns in your report (similar to the use of pivot tables in

Microsoft Excel)

You can choose the order of the columns in your report

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Output

a) Export – allows data to be exported to an Excel spreadsheet or a CSV file where

different criteria can be included or excluded.

b) Header & Footer – allows each download to have its own customised heading or

footer, if required.

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Allows a choice of different titles for your files - we would suggest that you use a

Date + Subject + Personal convention e.g. ‘141225_BenzeneAfrica_JSmith’

Conversion – allows multiplication or division to ensure the report produces manageable

numbers e.g. for query 6.1. Country Trade Statistics > Monthly Country Statistics

Units: Volume, Value or Value per Unit

Funtion: converts ‘thousands’ to ‘millions’ and vice-versa

Output >Help

For some reports, when the ‘Output’ option is used, a ‘Help’ button is visible which

allows you to split the status between 2 columns.

This option is specifically available only on the following Query Types

1.1, 1.3. & 1.4

2.3 & 2.4

3.1a, 3.1b, 3.2 & 3.3

4.1 & 4.2

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PART 6 – once a Report is generated

A number of options concerning the report become available which are designed as a

system ‘help’ facility

Report Tab

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The bar at the top:

a) ‘Filter’ and ‘Report’ are interchangeable tabs

Filter: shows you the Query Type and the filters which were used to generate the

Report

Report: takes you back to your Report

b) Page finding: arrows which allow movement one step at a time or directly to the first

or last page.

c) Find/Next – enter the name of a region, country or company. ‘Find’ will highlight the

first entry of this type, ‘Next’ will move to the following entry.

d) Exit Drop Down Menu - enable downloads

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e) Refresh – if new parameters have been added, the ‘Refresh’ function will update the

Report

f) Printing – will allow you to choose which of your printers to select.

g) Selection for Graphics – data must be chosen

PART 7 – Save Report & Save Query

Saving a Report provides a snapshot at a particular moment in time; saving a Query retains

the parameters of any particular report and captures the regular data updates made by the

ICIS Consulting team.

The menu for this is found at the bottom of the ‘Filters’ section:

Save Report

This option allows you to save the Report that you have just created for re-selection at a

later stage.

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Save Query

This options allows you to save the Query that you have created for re-selection at a later

stage. This saved Query will automatically refresh if the data has recently been updated.

Part 8 – Queries and Reports

To remember:-

A REPORT is the outcome of any Query that you make. It is the data output. Once it is saved,

it is saved as a snapshot of the data at the time you made the query, the data will not

change, and the report can be recovered at a later stage. It is not refreshed by any, later,

data updates to the system by our colleagues ion ICIS Consulting

A QUERY is set of parameters by which a report is created. It is not the output (the report).

By saving the Query, a new report can be requested each time the data is refreshed by ICIS

consulting but this data will have changed to reflect the changing circumstances over time

i.e. since your last query. The data generated, therefore, may not be the same.

Recommendation: - use ‘Save Reports’ when a snapshot at a particular moment in time is

required; use ‘Save Query’ if you wish to retain the parameters of any particular report but

also want to capture data updates.

Finding your Saved Queries

Queries > Saved Queries

Retrieves your saved queries in reverse chronological order, the latest query is at the top of

the list.

This section will illustrate your most recent query in reverse chronological order i.e. the latest query is at the top. This enables you to rapidly repeat recent work.

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Finding your Saved Reports

Reports > Saved Reports : retrieves your saved reports in reverse chronological order, the

latest report is at the top of the list.

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Reports > Quarterly Market Monitors

Your choices will appear in the right-hand side of the screen

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PART 9 - Legend and Report Viewer

Legend – a box which can be opened and closed which provides the criteria within the

report.

Report viewer - a box which can be opened and closed which allows a full-screen or small-

screen view.

Small screen view Wide screen view

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PART 10 - New Features

A) This section is intended for those users of the old web-based ATEC.net database

- there a 2 major Query areas where new information is available

- there are some new functions/choices available

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1.2 Flexible Query for Energy and Feedstock Data – see ‘Advanced Options’

1.3 Flexible Query on Refinery Units only

1.4 Refinery Selective Counter – provides multiple options by using ‘Filter’

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4.4 Downstream Integration – a data choice of Operators or of Financial Group

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4.5 Site Balance – compares a chosen Site, Pocket, State, Country or Area (see

below) over 2 designated years for the following key petrochemicals

4.6 Balance Inclusive of First-Level Derivatives - a report pertinent to the data

contained in the ICIS Consulting report ‘European Petrochemical Industry’

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Reshaping the data – see ‘Rearrange’ on page 27

‘Sites’ and ‘Pockets’ – found under Filter > Selections

A ‘Site’ is a geographical production location e.g. Ludwigshafen.

A ‘Pocket’ is a geographical production region greater than one single location e.g.

US Gulf.

Growth – where this function is available, it allows comparison of volume growth

rates over different time durations.

To obtain this, more than one year must be chosen in the Selection for ‘Year’.

B) For those users of the CD-Rom (installed version), there is only one section that was

not on the CD-Rom but which is now on the web-based database.

Country Trade Statistics – see Part 2 ‘Examples of Queries’ - above

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Part 11 – Web browsers

Internet Explorer 8 (or any lesser IE version) will probably not allow the ICIS Supply/Demand

database because HTML5 is being used.

IE9, IE10, IE11, Chrome or Firefox will work.

In Chrome, click on the button on the right side, Select Settings from the menu, on the

Settings page illustrated below, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on Advanced

Settings, scroll down to HTTPS/SSL, tick the box for Check for server revocation. The issue

should be resolved.

Part 12 – Time outs

For database report generation, the time out is set at 15 minutes.

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Part 13 – Help, Enhancements and Notifications

Help - Contact our 24-hour Global Customer Support helpdesk for all general enquiries and

subscription issues: csc@icis.com

Or, contact your local ICIS Key Account Manager

Asia: Ms .Seet Tiong Boon

Email: Seet.Tiong.Boon@icis.com

Tel: +65 6780 4813

Europe: Mr. Guy Fuller

Email: Guy.Fuller@icis.com

Tel: +44 208 652 8736

North & South America: Ms .Beth Daniel

Email: Beth.Daniel@icis.com

Tel: +1 713 525 2677

Enhancements - Your first contact should be your ICIS Key Account Manager. However, to ensure all suggestions are captured and progressed quickly, please copy ian.elway@icis.com (the product manager for this database).

Part 14 – User Group If you would like be part of a new ICIS User Group for this new database, to be one of the drovers of enhancing the system to meet your needs and to ensure that your particular requirements are given the highest priority, please contact Mr. Ian Elway who will be delighted to hear from you.

Ian Elway

Product Director, ICIS

Email: ian.elway@icis.com

Tel: +44 208 652 4409

Location: London, UK

We also intend to hold an annual User Group meeting where you would be invited to attend

in person to voice your views, concerns and key requirements. We welcome your views on

how this one-day programme should be used best. It is not intended, however, that this

should be a training session, more a forum for advanced or expert users

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Part 15 – Energy & Refining (detailed options)

This query shows different types of information, you can ask for all of them or you can select

only specific tables:

Example of ‘Energy Requirements’ Query

Total primary energy demand represents the direct use, without transformation, of the

different energy sources and it is broken down into coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, biofuels

and renewables.

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Example of ‘Oil Demand’ Query

Oil demand refers to the consumption of oil products. Oil demand table distinguishes

between total oil demand gross and total oil demand net. The former includes recycles and

non-oil products, such as ethanol and biodiesel.

Example of ‘Refining Operations’ Query

Refining and NGL operation table reports crude runs, refinery supply, NGLs production

(ethane, LPG and natural gasoline), refinery feedstocks and oil demand. It reports also the

balance (surplus or deficit) of main oil products.

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Example of ‘Naphtha Supply Demand Balance’ Query

This table presents naphtha supply by source (refinery, NGL plants and petrochemical back

flows) and demand by refinery and petrochemical uses. The calculated difference between

supply and demand is reported as surplus or deficit of naphtha.

Example of ‘Olefins Operations And Feedstock Balance’ Query

This table shows ethylene production by feedstocks. It reports feedstock supply by source

and demand. Surplus or deficit of each petroleum feedstocks (ethane/light gas, LPG,

naphtha and gas oil) is also included.

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Example of ‘Gasoline Pool, Aromatics Operations And Feedstock Balance’ Query

Gasoline pool shows the gasoline production by streams. Aromatic operations reports

aromatic production from raw material (reformate, pygas and coal), supply and demand

both of reformate and pygas. It includes also the balance of reformate and pygas.

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Part 16 – Glossary

Area - A group of countries selected to comprise a geographical area (i.e. Western Europe).

Ascending - A sorting method. The result is that the first row contains the lowest value, while the last

row contains the highest.

Balance - Numerical comparison that requires at least two sets of data. May include data based on

Capacity, Production, Consumption or Trade.

Capacity - Volume of production of which a plant is capable.

Complex - Combination of sites with interrelated operations.

Consumption - Quantity of product consumed.

Conversion Factor - Multiplier required to convert production into feedstock demand.

Country - Internationally recognized geographical/national state.

Database - Collection of data elements.

Delimited - A file in which values are stored separated by a comma, with alphanumeric values in

quotes.

Demand - Quantity of product required.

Derivative - Product produced from one or more other products.

Descending - A method of sorting. The result is that the first row contains the highest value, while the

last row contains the lowest.

Energy - Power as either input or output.

Export - Quantity of material, which is moved out of a country or region.

Financial Groups - Company comprised of a number of different Companies including joint-venture

participations. It may also own another Financial Group.

Import - Quantity of material, which is moved into a country or region.

Licensor - Company which licenses process technology.

Monomer - Basic petrochemical building block.

Nameplate Capacity – Officially specified capacity of the operating unit at the time of construction.

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Operating Capacity - Officially specified production capability of the operating unit (except for pro-

rated indication of plant start-up or closure).

(Operating) Companies - Company recognized as the official operator of the production unit.

Operating Groups - Company comprised of a number of different Companies including joint-venture

participations. It may also own another Operating Group.

Plant Production - Quantity of product produced at operating unit. Note: ICIS does not supply details

on Plant Production.

Product - Independent identified material resulting from a production unit.

Product Family - Group of products, which share chemical and/or market similarities.

Production - Output from operating unit (usually shown on a country basis).

Query - Method of interrogating Database to retrieve required information.

Read-only - Capability to interact with Database is limited to a read basis.

Report - Output generated from a query on the Database.

Route - Method of production.

Severity - Degree to which an operating unit is subjected (usually applied only to steam-cracking

operations).

Severity Factor- Measure of the severity.

Site - Geographical location of a production unit, which automatically defines its country of

operation.

Sort - Method of reordering data in terms of specified parameters.

Statistical Production by Country - Quantity of product produced in the particular country.

Sub-region - Limited group of countries to represent a subset of an Area definition.

Supply - Quantity of material available.

Supply / Demand Balance - Comparison of quantity of material available with quantity required.

Technology - Method of production.

Units - Measure of quantity.

Zone - Description of area.