Daily Chemical Reaction
Everywhere – Demand & Oversupply Concerns Mount; Cost & Competitive Positions To Gain Greater Focus
Key Points:
- Near-term global concerns with demand and product oversupply are overtaking the appreciation of cost curves and competitive positioning – this will eventually change.
- We discuss IEA views of the European natural gas landscape that do not portend well for the health of its chemical industry, and we highlight several energy sector reports.
- We discuss an assortment of chemical sector reports covering multiple product chains, ranging from Westlake in Chlor-Vinyls to Nutrient and CF Industries in fertilizers.
- We discuss the Air Products green hydrogen project in New York, the CF Industries green ammonia project in Donaldsonville, and the potential challenges faced by both.
- Global consumer product affordability headwinds continue to mount, and pessimistic demand views are rising across many markets, which keep our macro concerns high.
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