Daily Chemical Reaction
Dark Necessities – Producer Competitive Positioning Gains Light As Efforts Rise To Keep Markets Tight
Key Points:
- This research report comments on a few significant global petrochemical price and margin trends. We discuss findings that some commodity producers are testing market structure to keep profitability supported at elevated levels.
- We flag business updates from Olin, Enterprise Products, Stepan, BASF, Tokuyama, & OMV Group that broadly show commodity chemical strength.
- We highlight other pertinent chemical sector corporate items (e.g., Inter Pipeline, LyondellBasell, Sinopec, Air Products, & other producer news).
- Carbon prices in Europe rebounded WoW but remained below the recent peak – we flag a few CO2 market drivers & other relevant ESG news items.
- We discuss continued home product material constraints, such as in foam for mattresses, and note rising chemical activity in the US and globally.
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