Daily Chemical Reactions

Tighter Ammonia Markets – A Plus For Producers & Its Clean Transition, Negative For Non-Integrated Derivative Profits
November 14, 2023
Commodities Mentioned:
Plastics (PVC, PP, PE, PU, PC, PET, etc.), Clean Energy Minerals, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen, Natural Gas/NGLs, Crude/Naphtha
Companies Mentioned:
Yara, Nutrien, CF Industries, LSB Industries, BASF, ExxonMobil, Shell, BayStar, IMCD, MOL, Sipchem, Odfjell, Arcore, Petrobras, Freeport LNG, Coterra Energy, Arkema, Unigel, Inorganic Chemical Industries (Inochem), Grupo Pochteca, SABIC, Cepsa, Grupa Azoty, Amcor, Nova Chemicals, Alpek, SK Chemicals, Siemens Energy, Vestas, Orsted, Home Depot, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Chemours, Anaergia, Technip Energies, Chevron, Hess

Daily Chemical Reaction

Tighter Ammonia Markets – A Plus For Producers & Its Clean Transition, Negative For Non-Integrated Derivative Profits

Key Points

  • C-MACC Co-Founder Cooley May is attending the Ammonia Energy Association conference this week, with his meetings spanning ammonia suppliers, buyers, and their support industries.
  • Ammonia prices surged in 2H23, which has cut non-integrated derivative margins and shows the significant benefits of integrated producers, particularly those with a cost advantage.
  • We flag our latest hydrogen economy research, Blue Is The Color – Ammonia Is The Game, that discusses the rush to grow blue capacity amid its fewer challenges than with green production.
  • We discuss ExxonMobil’s efforts in lithium, a global polyethylene market facing oversupply, and highlight recent chemical feedstock movements favoring lower global chemical prices ahead.
  • The Li-Cycle facility development pause adds to a rising global “pause list” due to increased project costs and return issues. We also discuss numerous relevant downstream demand trends.

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