Daily Chemical Reactions

The China Demand Pull, Cost Curve Developments & More USGC Polymer Price Hike Nominations
July 21, 2020
Commodities Mentioned:
Brent Crude, Natural Gas, Naphtha, Ethane, Ethylene, Polyethylene, PVC, Polyethylene, Silicones, Polysilicon
Companies Mentioned:
Westlake, Shintech, OxyChem, Formosa Plastics, BHP, Celanese, Perstorp, Chevron, Noble Energy, Givaudan, Elkem, Advanced Petrochemicals, Occidental, BP, OQ Chemicals, GCL-Poly, Wacker Chemie, Dow, DuPont, Shin-Etsu, Momentive, Daicel, Lotte Chem, Coca-Cola

Daily Chemical Reaction

The China Demand Pull, Cost Curve Developments & More USGC Polymer Price Hike Nominations

Key Points:

  • Improving China demand has been noted across multiple 2Q20 reports and we discuss 2H20 optimism for its strength relative to other markets.
  • US Natural Gas values reflect weakness relative to Brent Crude WoW (a potential plus for US petrochemical margins), and we find both domestic spot and export support for a US PVC contract uptick MoM in July, but less support for an August hike.
  • Other items today range from multiple material sector corporate reports (BHP, Celanese, Elkem, Perstorp, Givaudan, etc.), to Asia positives for spot methanol, to several global production issues worth consideration.

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