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OPIS Blog

A closer look at key topics in the downstream oil and energy industry.

Petrochemical, Plastics

Earth Month Special Report: Turning Plastic Trash Into a Commodity

Despite efforts to reduce plastic waste, the world’s rubbish pile continues to build. 

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Petrochemical, Plastics

Chemical Recycling of Plastic Emerges as Dominant Theme

Chemical recycling, particularly in the U.S., was a dominant theme of the recycled plastics industry in 2022, and it’s

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Petrochemical, Plastics

European Chemicals’ Complicated Relationship with its Benzene CP Window

For the European benzene market, perhaps only the football World Cup (which most of us have been watching on our home

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Petrochemical, Plastics

PVC Pipe Plants Shut by Storm; Low-Demand Market Mitigates Impact

Hurricane Nicole’s landfall on the US East Coast caused a sigh of relief among the refining community as the Texas/Louisiana

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Petrochemical, Plastics

The Circuitous Route of the Global Styrene Chain

The world party of the styrenics chain of late has seen benzene traveling from Europe to the US and polystyrene traveling

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Petrochemical, Plastics

The PVC Ride Slows Down as Pipe Inventories Build

Despite the desire to put the chaos and trauma caused by the Coronavirus pandemic of the past 3+ years behind us, its effect

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