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Time Is (Not) On Our Side – Loosening Asia Markets & Cost Curve Developments Dial The Wake Up Call
August 14, 2020
Commodities Mentioned:
Brent Crude, Naphtha, Natural Gas, Ethane, Propane, Ethylene, Propylene, Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Acetone, PTA
Companies Mentioned:
Navigator Holdings, Enterprise Products, LyondellBasell, ExxonMobil, CP Chem, Hexion, Huntsman, Olin, Formosa, Indorama Ventures. Map Ta Phut, Shell, Adeka, Zhejiang Petrochemical

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Time Is (Not) On Our Side – Loosening Asia Markets & Cost Curve Developments Dial The Wake Up Call

 

Key Points:
  • We find mounting evidence of loosening Asia commodity chemical markets that suggests US export prices will face downward pressure – the global cost curve setting, the return & start-up of new global production and still dicey end-use demand are dialing the wake-up call for US producers. Take notice.
  • We discuss takeaways from 2Q reports (e.g. Hexion, Navigator Holdings), and flag a few production issues (Formosa, Indorama, Map Ta Phut, Shell).
  • Other items worth note today range from the EIA ethane forecast to our discussion of Asia ethylene prices relative to USGC contract and spot values.

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