POLYMER PRICES

North America November 2020: Prices stable to firmer / PE and PVC cool down / PP still rising / High feedstock costs push up styrenics / Further increases expected

POLYMER PRICES

North America October 2020: Prices ease except for PVC and ABS / Production recovers from hurricane damage / Widespread inventory-building / Little fresh stimulus expected in November

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polypropylene/C3: Production chain in Europe and the US undersupplied / PP spot prices in Europe rising

POLYMER PRICES

North America July 2020: Significant rise for polyolefins / PVC and PS also see strong increases / Engineering plastics move sideways / Fragile recovery in domestic demand / Mixed picture in August

BOREALIS

Petchems joint venture on US Gulf advances / New cracker and PE plant at Port Arthur

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

Planning new ethane cracker in Texas / Final decision still pending

BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

New furnace commissioned at Texan cracker / Ethylene output raised / Capable of using ethane as feedstock

BASF

Focus on petrochemical strengths boosts earnings power / CEO Kurt Bock says Europe should embrace shale gas / “Happy shareholder” in styrenics jv Styrolution

BASF

Business slows in Q2 / Meeting 2013 earnings targets now more challenging, CEO says

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Shale Gas: US officials update estimates / Globally additional 20 bn m³ potential / Biggest discoveries in Algeria and Russia / US producers look to inexpensive ethane production

BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS

Port Arthur, steam cracker processes ethane from shale gas / Revamp allows use of cheaper feedstocks

BASF / TOTAL

Port Arthur joint venture streamlines assets and adopts new name / More than 900,000 t/y of ethylene output