Hurricane Nicole’s landfall on the US East Coast caused a sigh of relief among the refining community as the Texas/Louisiana
Kathy Hall
Kathy Hall is the founder and executive editor of OPIS PetroChem Wire. Kathy manages market reports, news and data concerning ethylene, propylene, and commodity grade plastics markets (PE, PP, PS, PVC). She has been writing about olefins markets for more than 20 years.
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October 11, 2022
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Petrochemical, Plastics
Despite the desire to put the chaos and trauma caused by the Coronavirus pandemic of the past 3+ years behind us, its effect
June 17, 2021
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Petrochemical, Ethylene
We can’t see into exactly what the future holds for US ethylene, but ethylene futures are now tradable at two of its Mont
September 29, 2020
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Petrochemical, Ethylene, Propylene
Our last blogpost in early April ended on a deeply uncertain note. Lockdowns in the US had just begun a few weeks earlier.
April 06, 2020
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Petrochemical
Ethylene and propylene prices have had an interesting start to the year – both markets have seen prices drop, but at very
July 01, 2019
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Spot Market, Petrochemical
Ethylene prices are having a tough year. Trading liquidity has dried up in a market that has shed 30% of its value since