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New York City Chemicals Markets Training – Understanding the petrochemicals industry

  • New York, United States
The petrochemicals industry is becoming more important and changing quicker than ever, with waves of large scale investments throughout the world. This half day training session will get participants up to speed on the fundamentals of the Aromatics, Olefins and Polyolefins industries and provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the industry including interactive analyses of chemistries, technologies, demand, pricing, economics and key stakeholders. Why attend: Gain essential insights into the petrochemicals industry, helping to understand the relationships among energy, feedstocks, basic chemicals, polymers and consumer demand. Understand price and margin drivers of key chemical markets, helping to make better informed business decisions Navigate through chemical value chains, helping you to discern the best investment opportunities. Who should attend? The session is built from the ground up for professionals working in: • Global banking • Equity • Fixed income • Derivative research • Institutional investment

Agenda

  • 10 April 2019

    • Registration

    • Introduction - General chemistry overview

      Speakers

      • Steve Zinger joined Wood Mackenzie in 2012 to develop a global chemical research team to compliment Wood Mackenzie’s existing capabilities in energy, metals, and mining. He now coordinates the Chemical Consulting Practice in the Americas. Steve currently contributes to research, multi-client, and private consulting studies using his expertise in the markets for ethylene, propylene, and butadiene. He regularly provides executive presentations about the outlook for the chemical industry for his customers’ private meetings as well as for key chemical industry events. Steve has over 25 years of international experience in the chemical industry, in various roles including Managing Director of Asia (Singapore) and Global Olefins Business Director (USA).

    • Olefins overview

      • Introduction and overview • Production Sources • Supply • Demand • Logistics: pipelines, railcars, and shipping • Pricing and economics: pricing indices, production costs, specifications, market drivers • Major producer

      Speakers

      • Steve Zinger joined Wood Mackenzie in 2012 to develop a global chemical research team to compliment Wood Mackenzie’s existing capabilities in energy, metals, and mining. He now coordinates the Chemical Consulting Practice in the Americas. Steve currently contributes to research, multi-client, and private consulting studies using his expertise in the markets for ethylene, propylene, and butadiene. He regularly provides executive presentations about the outlook for the chemical industry for his customers’ private meetings as well as for key chemical industry events. Steve has over 25 years of international experience in the chemical industry, in various roles including Managing Director of Asia (Singapore) and Global Olefins Business Director (USA).

    • Networking break

    • Polyolefins overview

      • Introduction and overview • o Production Sources • Supply • Demand • Logistics: pipelines, railcars, and shipping • Pricing and economics: pricing indices, production costs, specifications, market drivers • Major producer

      Speakers

      • Currently leads Wood Mackenzie’s polyolefins service, with a decade of experience in research and consulting for the commodity and specialty polyolefins; has developed strategic research tools and analytics products to integrate commodity polyolefins into the existing Wood Mackenzie chemical research Has a broad background with projects ranging from refining to petrochemicals, solvents to specialty polymers and catalysts to plastics converted goods Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Ashish held several roles at Chemical Market Resources, Inc. Here, he consulted numerous clients with market entry strategy, mergers and acquisition, project feasibility, opportunity analysis, technology evaluation and market assessment of chemicals, polyolefins and catalysts sector. Graduated from SUNY Buffalo with a BS and MS in Chemical and Biological Engineering

    • Aromatics overview

      • Introduction and overview • Production Sources • Supply • Demand • Logistics: pipelines, railcars, and shipping • Pricing and economics: pricing indices, production costs, specifications, market drivers • Major producer

      Speakers

      • Steve Zinger joined Wood Mackenzie in 2012 to develop a global chemical research team to compliment Wood Mackenzie’s existing capabilities in energy, metals, and mining. He now coordinates the Chemical Consulting Practice in the Americas. Steve currently contributes to research, multi-client, and private consulting studies using his expertise in the markets for ethylene, propylene, and butadiene. He regularly provides executive presentations about the outlook for the chemical industry for his customers’ private meetings as well as for key chemical industry events. Steve has over 25 years of international experience in the chemical industry, in various roles including Managing Director of Asia (Singapore) and Global Olefins Business Director (USA).

Fees

Training

$500.00