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Antifoulants Market Overview
Antifoulants Market size is forecast to reach $37.13 million by 2025, after growing at a CAGR of 2.90% during 2020-2025. The interest for antifoulants wins in the areas with conspicuousness of light and substantial enterprises, basically attributable to high limit of the petroleum processing plants. The consistently expanding client interest for processing plant items crosswise over different end-use divisions is an indication for the future interest for proficient raw petroleum. Hence, makers of raw petroleum are concentrating on development and clean fuel speculations due to which the antifoulants market is expected to grow during the forecast period.
Report Coverage
The report: “Antifoulants Market – Forecast (2020-2025)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Antifoulants Market Industry.
By Type: Dispersants, Corrosion Inhibitors, Metal Coordinators, Polymerization Inhibitors and Others
By End User Industry: Petrochemical, Electric Power & Metallurgy, Shipbuilding Industry, Mechanical Industry, Central Heating, Food Industry and Others.
By Geography: North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and RoW
Key Takeaways
- Increasing petrochemical industries is expected to drive the antifoulants market during the forecast period.
- Increasing usage of natural product antifoulants is likely to act as an opportunity for the market in the future.
- Asia-Pacific dominated the antifoulants market across the world with the largest consumption from countries, such as China and India.
By Type - Segment Analysis
Dispersants segment held a significant share in antifoulants market in 2019. Process equipment fouling in oil refineries and petrochemical industries is an ongoing, tenacious, and extremely costly problem. A dispersant can be used to prevent fouling in process equipment. The dispersant is particularly useful in applications such as the prevention of fouling of compressor blades in compressors used for ethylene production. Antifoulants work to prevent organic and biological material, colloids, silt, and other fine particulates from attaching themselves to the membrane. In addition, metal coordinators which react with the trace metals prevent these metals (minerals) from fouling catalysts. On the other hand, corrosion inhibitors are developed for cooling water closed circuit systems including closed chilled water and low-pressure heating systems.
By End-User Industry - Segment Analysis
Petrochemical segment held a significant share in antifoulants market in 2019 growing at a CAGR of 3.32% during the forecast period. Inorganic phosphorus-containing acids and salts thereof in small amounts function as antifoulant additives in crude oil systems employed as feedstocks in petroleum refining which are subjected to elevated temperatures of from about 100° to 1500° F. In petroleum refining, the crude oil systems employed as feedstocks are prone to produce material that deposits and accumulates upon the surfaces of heat transfer equipment contacted therewith resulting in the fouling of petroleum process equipment. These deposits are not readily solubilized by common organic solvents and these deposits are distinguiable from the corrosion and sludge formation sometimes occurring in finished products. Conventional antioxidants and stabilizing chemicals are characteristically relatively ineffective as antifoulants.
Global energy markets have been quick to react to the evolving coronavirus situation. Crude oil prices have plummeted by around 25 percent as oil producing countries have disagreed on production strategies to support pricing levels given the current global supply glut. Global petrochemical markets are in a state of high uncertainty due to COVID-19. Feedstock pricing has declined sharply in recent days and chemical and polymer prices are expected to trend in the same direction. However, many producers still have large inventories due to the moribund market demand situation in China, given that China now accounts for approximately one third of global petrochemicals demand and has a strong role in global trade.
Geography- Segment Analysis
Asia Pacific dominated the antifoulants with a share of more than 36%, followed by North America and Asia Europe. Shift of manufacturers towards emerging countries such as India and China are expected to be one such trend that can be seen gaining traction in the coming years. Increase in energy production from primary sources, such as coal, oil and gas, to fulfill rising consumer demand is expected drive production in refineries, thereby fueling the demand for antifoulants. To meet this increasing demand, prominent players of the antifoulant market are expanding their manufacturing and production facilities to emerging regions, such as China and India, with an aim to reduce operational cost, owing to the availability of low-cost labor and abundance of economical raw materials in these regions.
Drivers – Antifoulants Market
Increasing petrochemical plants
The interest for antifoulants wins inside the locales with unmistakable quality of light and substantial businesses, essentially inferable from high limit of the petroleum processing plants. The consistently expanding customer interest for processing plant item over various end-use segments is an indication for the more drawn out term interest for productive raw petroleum. Moreover, at the international level, healthy growth is projected in the oil industries, as the demand for fuels and gasoline is high. The demand for antifoulants prevails in the Asia Pacific and North America regions with prominence of light and heavy industries, primarily owing to high capacity of the oil refineries. The ever-increasing customer demand for refinery products across various end-use sectors is a sign for the future demand for efficient crude oil. Attributing to this, manufacturers of crude oil are focusing on expansion and clean fuel investments which in turn is increasing the antifoulants market.
Challenges – Antifoulants Market
Health effects
The use of antibiotics, antifoulants, and pesticides are all problems that aquaculture can introduce into the marine environment. The compound is acutely toxic to marine organisms at the surface of boats, but biodegrades rapidly in marine environments through a ring-opening mechanism to form non-toxic by-products. Hence due to these drawbacks, the antifoulants market is expected to hinder.
Market Landscape
Technology launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the antifoulants market. In 2019, the market of antifoulants has been consolidated by the top five players accounting for xx% of the share. Major players in the antifoulants market are Eonchemicals, Dorf Ketal, Baker Hughes Incorporated, Croda International Plc, CHIMEC SpA, CRISTOL (Krishna Antioxidants Pvt. Ltd.), Chematek S.p.A, Expert Chem SERV, Innospec and Suez Environnement among others.
Investment
- In August 2017, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., planned to invest US$0.03 Trillion over the next 5 to 7 years for expanding its refining capacity and build new businesses.