The Freedonia Group: US Corrosion Inhibitor Demand to Reach $2.8 Billion in 2020

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May 09, 2016, 12:26 ET

CLEVELAND, May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- US demand for corrosion inhibitors is forecast to rise 3.1 percent per year to $2.8 billion in 2020; volume will approach 1.7 billion pounds. Growth in demand will be driven by overall economic expansion, with key industries for corrosion inhibitors, such as chemicals and metals manufacturing, particularly benefiting. The oil and gas market, which remained in a severe downturn entering mid-2016, is expected to see recovery take hold by 2020, leading to greater demand for corrosion inhibitors in drilling and hydraulic fracturing applications. While healthy growth is expected overall, the presence of several relatively mature markets, such as lubricant and fuel additives and pulp and paper, will prevent stronger advances. These and other trends are presented in Corrosion Inhibitors, a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm.

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The corrosion inhibitor industry will continue to be shaped by evolving trends in water usage, environmental regulations, and power generation technology. According to analyst Jason Carnovale, "Across many industries, users are increasingly recycling water and using lower quality water for cooling towers and other applications while operating at greater cycles of concentration and under more stressful operating conditions." Additionally, limits on chemicals in wastewater have been lowered in many locations, motivating users of environmentally undesirable corrosion inhibitors such as phosphates and nitrites to consider more benign alternatives.

Chemical manufacturing will present the most rapid growth in demand over the next few years as the industry benefits from low feedstock and energy prices. The petroleum refining industry, which uses corrosion inhibitors in refinery processes and as fuel and lubricant additives, will remain the largest market for corrosion inhibitors despite below average growth. Corrosion inhibitor treat rates in lubricants and other products will increase in some cases despite market maturity, as lubricants are expected to provide longer change intervals in automotive and other applications. The oil and gas industry substantially expanded its share of corrosion inhibitor consumption between 2010 and 2015. The industry entered an historically deep downturn as oil prices fell from previous highs in 2014 and remained below the breakeven costs of drilling new wells through 2015. A rebound in oil prices is expected to result from falling production as the market rebalances itself in the short term; this will drive a rebound in drilling activity that once again will increase corrosion inhibitor demand at an above average pace.

About The Freedonia Group – The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, is a leading international industrial research company publishing more than 100 studies annually. Since 1985 we have provided research to customers ranging in size from global conglomerates to one-person consulting firms. More than 90% of the industrial companies in the Fortune 500 use Freedonia Group research to help with their strategic planning. Each study includes product and market analyses and forecasts, in-depth discussions of important industry trends, market share information and profiles of the leading industry players. Reports can be purchased at www.freedoniagroup.com and are also available on www.marketresearch.com and www.profound.com.

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