The 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 ...
Tags: Butadiene Naphtha, styrene
The 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, ...
The North Sea spot butane market has been inactive due to a combination of thin demand and limited availability, according to industry sources. North Sea butane is used in Northwest Europe either by the gasoline related sector in the ...
Tags: Butane Market, butane, mixed butane
Spot prices for delivered cargoes of North Sea propane have increased on renewed buying from the petrochemicals sector, according to industry sources. In the early part of this month the spot price of CIF North Sea propane was just above ...
Tags: Propane, Petrochemicals
The spot price for FOB butane barges in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region have remained weak since the beginning of the year on poor demand, industry sources said Thursday. In winter, butane barges from ARA refineries are used for ...
Tags: Ara Butane, Chemicals
The Asian paraxylene/naphtha spread slumped to 28-month low of $440.38/mt on Friday, down $14.62/mt from the previous day, with the regional PX market hit by rising supplies. The CFR Taiwan/China PX price benchmark inched down $0.50/mt ...
Tags: PX Supplies, PX-Naphtha
The Asia price spread between paraxylene and feedstock naphtha narrowed $16.12/mt day on day to $485.88/mt last Friday, nearing the lowest level seen in 2013, amid rising PX supply, Platts data showed Monday. The spread is at the second ...
Tags: Paraxylene, PX-Naphtha
A wide price spread between naphtha and cheaper propane is making propane an attractive petrochemicals feedstock in Northwest Europe. When heating demand is low during the summer large quantities of North Sea propane are used by the ...
Sentiment on the North Sea mixed butane market has turned slightly more bullish on tighter availability, according to industry sources Tuesday. During the summer North Sea mixed butane is used in Northwest Europe by the gasoline-related ...
Limited availability of coaster butane cargoes in Northwest Europe is supporting spot prices, industry sources said. In the summer, surplus butane from refineries in Northwest Europe is usually exported as coaster cargoes, which are ...
Tags: Chemicals
The CIF price spread between naphtha and less expensive North Sea propane has narrowed on a lack of offers, according to industry sources. Over the summer, the petrochemicals sector in Northwest Europe uses significant quantities of North ...
Tags: Propane Price, Naphtha Price
Buying interest from the petrochemicals sector in Northwest Europe has enlivened the North Sea butane market over the last week, according to industry sources. Over the summer period, North Sea mixed butane is used by the gasoline-related ...
Tags: Petrochemicals, Butane Market
The Northwest European July benzene contract price has been fully settled at Eur978/mt or $1,274/mt CIF ARA, according to negotiating parties. The settlement is down Eur67/mt ($79/mt) from the June contract price of Eur1,045/mt ($1,353/mt) ...
Demand for coaster butane in Northwest Europe has emerged as spot prices have fallen, according to industry sources Wednesday. In the winter period most surplus refinery butane is blended into gasoline to increase the vapor pressure. ...
Spot prices for barge lots of butane loading in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp area have gained support from petrochemical demand, according to industry sources. Surplus butane from ARA refineries can be absorbed into the MTBE, gasoline ...
Tags: ARA Butane, Petrochemical Demand, Chemicals