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Butadiene-Naphtha Spread Hits 7-Year High
Jan 30, 2017The Asian butadiene-naphtha price spread hit a seven-year high of $2,557.38/mt CFR last Friday amid extremely tight supply globally and strong demand for downstream products such as styrene-butadiene-rubber, SB latex and ...
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The Asian Butadiene/Naphtha Spread Narrowed to an Eight-Month Low of $329.38/Mt
May 22, 2014The Asian butadiene/naphtha spread narrowed to an eight-month low of $329.38/mt Monday, following the closure of the arbitrage window to move Asian butadiene to the US Gulf Coast. The spread value was last lower on September 12, 2013, ...
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A Three-Month Old Arbitrage Window to Export Asian Butadiene to US That Has Widened Again
May 4, 2014A three-month old arbitrage window to export Asian butadiene to the US that had been slowly closing earlier this month has widened again this week and as a result producers and traders have been heard trying to arrange for butadiene cargoes ...
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Sinopec Slashed Its Ex-Works Butadiene Prices in East and South China
Mar 13, 2014China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, has slashed its ex-works butadiene prices in East and South China by Yuan 1,000/mt ($163/mt) to Yuan 8,500/mt Friday, a Sinopec company source confirmed Tuesday. "I think the main reason [for ...
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The FOB Korea Benchmark for Butadiene Stood at $1,350/Mt on June 17
Jul 4, 2013Asian butadiene prices are at a 3-1/2 half year low amid weak demand and a glut of synthetic rubber stocks, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benchmark for butadiene stood at $1,350/mt on June 17. The last time butadiene prices were ...
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Average Price of Asian Butadiene Sank 18% Month on Month to $1,431.25/mt FOB Korea
May 6, 2013The average price of Asian butadiene sank 18% month on month in April to $1,431.25/mt FOB Korea due to weak demand from China and an oversupply of synthetic rubber, Platts data showed Thursday. The monthly average was down a sharp 58% ...
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Monthly Average Price for Asian Butadiene Plunged 13% to $1,738/mt FOB Korea in March
Apr 2, 2013The monthly average price for Asian butadiene plunged 13% to $1,738/mt FOB Korea in March against $2,007.50/mt in February over a lack of Chinese demand and oversupply, Platts data showed. The last time the monthly average was higher was ...
Tags: Butadiene, Average Price, Chemicals
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Average Price of Butadiene in February Rose 14% Month on Month to $2,007.50/mt FOB Korea
Mar 5, 2013The average price of butadiene in February rose 14% month on month to $2,007.50/mt FOB Korea amid tight availability and new downstream plants coming online. The first of about four butadiene rubber plants starting up in 2013 was ...
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Asian Butadiene Prices Hit a More Than Six Month High Monday
Feb 21, 2013Asian butadiene prices hit a more than six month high Monday on tight availability amid the startup of new synthetic rubber plants in China and higher naphtha feedstock costs. Butadiene prices surged 44% from a 2012 low of $1,455/mt FOB ...
Tags: butadiene prices, synthetic rubber, Asian naphtha prices