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Way Of The Dragon – Thoughts Following Sinopec Meeting, Asia Chemical Values Kick Higher WoW   
October 15, 2020
Commodities Mentioned:
Crude/Naphtha, Natural Gas/NGLs, Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Methanol, Butyl Acrylate, Lithium, Mixed Xylenes, Hydrogen, Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR), Butyl Rubber
Companies Mentioned:
Sinopec, Applied Graphene Materials, Covestro, Dow, BASF, Barentz, Energy Renaissance, Givaudan, Gurit, Huntsman, Ikea, Indorama Ventures, Kaustik Volgograd, Lonza, Lummus, LG Chemical, TechnipFMC, Total, BP, TPC Group, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Solvay

Daily Chemical Reaction

Way Of The Dragon – Thoughts Following Sinopec Meeting, Asia Chemical Values Kick Higher WoW   

Key Points:

  • Two items focused on Asia today: a) we view Sinopec on a path towards growth downstream and see its global competitive position expanding over time; and b) Asia prices are rising, but many remain below USGC spot levels.
  • We note numerous corporate items (e.g. Gurit wind read-throughs positive for Huntsman; TPC Group operational issues in Houston; Covestro TDI force majeure; Occidental views on US oil production, etc.)
  • Other sector items worth a mention today range from USGC polymer values reflecting reduced upward price momentum, to US natural gas price strength, to Ikea buying back used furniture in some areas for recycling.

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