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OPIS Blog

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

Petrochemical

Asia Remains Key to U.S. Polyethylene Industry’s Export Strategy

US polyethylene producers have a domestic demand problem, with year-to-date sales to North American customers off nearly 9%,

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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, PVC

US PVC Producers Seek to Hold onto Gains Amid Construction Slowdown

The US PVC market saw an unusually volatile year in 2021, to say the least, and saw another one in 2022.

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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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