Americas petrochemical outlook H2 2018

July 12, 2018

Petrochemical market participants in the Americas enter the second half of the year keeping a close eye on the energy complex, feedstock supply and pricing, as well as escalating trade tensions between the US and its North American and European allies and China. Global oil prices ended the first half at their highest levels since November 2014, pulling naphtha and other key feedstocks along. Propane prices, for example, posted their strongest H1 average since 2014.

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