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TEMPORARY DOWNTURN
Most petrochemical crackers are running at relatively high operating rates amid the coronavirus pandemic, as demand for virus mitigation products requiring polyolefins remains high. In the UK, however, operations slowed recently at Navigator’s Teesside and Exxon’s Fife plants, as supplies of natural gas liquids feedstock became limited. There are some signs that feedstock production may […]
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Impact on Olefin supply from petrochemical crackers outages
Petrochemical cracker outages can impact olefin supply and feedstock demand in the ports where they reside, but mixed results from a few recent events may be more of an indication of things to come. Naphtha offtake in East Asia so far in August is up nearly 4% from July. Similarly, ethylene offtake is strong with […]
Tags: ethylene, lpg, olefin, petchem, propylene