The Chemical Reaction

Table of contents

• How does a shortage in the global glass fibres affect thermoplastics compound markets?
  • Quentin de Carvalho, Liu Lei, 9 April 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• European ethylene - steam cracker operations analysis
  • Patrick Kirby, Ugne Mitrikeviciute, 9 April 2021
• Styrene overcapacity in 2024 - winners and losers
  • Su Jie, Afsar Hussain, Shruthi Vangipuram, 8 April 2021
• China’s first pure ethane cracker starts up at Lianyungang Petrochemical
  • Kelly Cui, 8 April 2021
• The coming golden age for the polyester chain
  • Salmon Lee, 30 March 2021
• Perfect storms hit the US textile industry
  • Laura Murphy, 30 March 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• European olefins: Porto Marghera steam cracker closure and wider market impact
  • Patrick Kirby, 26 March 2021
• Is there an opportunity for more sustainable cellophane?
  • David Buckby and Richard Brice, 26 March 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• BASF, SABIC and Linde sign agreement around electrically heated cracker furnaces
  • Patrick Kirby, Ugne Mitrikeviciute, 24 March 2021
• Lingering impact of winter weather – disrupted petrochemical operations and supply chains
  • Nathan Schaffer, John Maselli, Ashish Chitalia, TJ Spagnoli, Gustavo Hernandez, Hugh Hartzog, 19 March 2021
• Cross-polymer demand: introducing a new demand framework
  • Andrew Brown, Sandheep Sebastian, 18 March 2021
• How 3 key trends are reshaping China's olefin industry
  • Kelly Cui, 11 March 2021
• PET resin prices surge globally on market tightness and feedstock impacts from Texas freeze
  • Chloe Kinner, Michael Bermish, Alexandra Tennant, Angie Lu, Salmon Lee, 12 March 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• A summary of European steam crackers processing waste plastic feedstock streams
  • Patrick Kirby, 4 March 2021
• MEG - Making sense of the US winter storm aftermath
  • Jason Anderson Raj, Steve Wilkerson, Andrew Day, Salmon Lee, 4 March2021
• Texas winter blackout interrupts global polyethylene market
  • William Liu and TJ Spagnoli, 26 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• WoodMac's Asset Tool helps you understand the increasingly complex and fast-moving EO/EG markets
  • Andrew Day, Steve Wikerson, Jason Anderson Raj, 24 February 2021
• Petrochemical integration defines long term downstream winners and losers
  • Alan Gelder, Ixchel Castro, Marc Amons, Sushant Gupta, John Stewart, 23 February 2021
• Weather-related shutdowns throw US polyamide industry in turmo il
  • Timur Zilbershteyn, 23 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
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• Asian PX contract price was settled for the first time in 16 months – is this a sign of some price stability?
  • Arthur Luo, 22 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
  • Salmon Lee, Hugh Hartzog, Steve Wilkerson, Joyce Grigorey, Alexandra Tennant, Samuel Lussac, 18 February 2021
• Winter freeze paralyzes US petrochemical production, disrupting 15% of the global olefins market
  • Patrick Kirby, 18 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• How does Japan’s earthquake affect the Asian olefins market?
  • Tiantian Jin, 18 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
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• PTT Global Chemical makes strides on its feedstock diversification strategy in Thailand
  • Catherine Tan, 17 February 2021
• The global ethylene cost curve in a $60/bbl world
  • Patrick Kirby, 16 February 2021
• How will the Chinese polyester market react after the Lunar New Year holidays?
  • Patricia Pan, 10 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• Surging spandex prices and rising demand attract new investments
  • Emma Liu, 10 February 2021
  • Issue
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• Uzbekistan methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plans
  • Patrick Kirby, Andrew Day, Michael McDermott, Ashley Sherman, 9 February 2021
• China hits the peak of styrene capacity additions in 2021: what will be the impact to the global markets?
  • Afsar Hussain, Shruthi Vangipuram, 8 February 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• Russian ethylene developments: everything you need to know
  • Patrick Kirby, 6 February 2021
• Impact of the Upcoming EU non-recyclable plastic packaging levy on the flexible packaging market
  • Mariana Moreira, 4 February 2021
• European refiners and Middle East PX producers to benefit from US fuels streamlining
  • Alan Gelder, Will Taylor, Hugh Hartzog, Joyce Grigorey, 2 February 2021
• A call for sustainable chemicals drives exponential growth in PBAT capacity in China
  • Lei Liu, Quentin de Carvalho, 29 January 2021
  • Issue
  • Implication
  • Outlook
• China maintains power in global methanol market
  • Kelly Cui, Olivia Loa, 22 January 2021
• In Focus: OMV confirms debottlenecking project for Burghausen, Germany steam cracker
  • Patrick Kirby, 20 January 2021
• Are spiders spinning a novel super-fibre?
  • Richard Brice, 19 January 2021
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• In Focus: INEOS accelerates completion plan for ethane cracker project in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Patrick Kirby, 18 January 2021
• Jindal Films Europe acquires Polyamide Film specialist DOMO Film Solutions
  • Robert Gilfillan, 12 January 2021
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• BP asset sale to INEOS completed
  • Hugh Hartzog, 08 January 2021
• From oil to outfits, gas to garments: Wood Mackenzie now tells you the full, polyester story
  • Salmon Lee, 27 December 2020
• Ethylene ACT service enhancements in 2020
  • Patrick Kirby, 18 December 2020
• Polyethylene ACT service enhancements
  • Ashish Chitalia, 18 December 2020
• 2020 vision - what a year it’s been for the market and where next? EO/EG/derivatives – Wood Mackenzie Services
  • Andrew Day, 17 December 2020
• Ethylene and Propylene Monthly Market Overview Enhancements
  • John Maselli, 17 December 2020
• Recycled Fibres Market: How the delayed Olympic Games has disrupted Japan's recycled fibre sector
  • Robert Gilfillan, 17 December 2020
• MEG European Anti-Dumping Duty investigation: does it all add up in a market desperately seeking imports (again)?
  • Andrew Day, 15 December 2020
  • Issue
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• Ascend force majeure in Florida: a deeper analysis
  • Quentin de Carvalho, 14 December 2020
  • Issue
  • Implications
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• North American PX trade: the changing landscape
  • Hugh Hartzog, 14 December 2020
• Propylene long-term service enhancements
  • Catherine Tan, Patrick Kirby, 14 December 2020
• Reimagining European ethylene: an assessment of closure threat risk to 2030
  • Patrick Kirby, 10 December 2020
• Surging Asian freight rates disrupt PET market
  • Alexandra Tennant, 10December 2020
• How does the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement benefit Asia polyolefins market?
  • Ashish Chitalia, William Liu, 9 December 2020
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Sarawak PetChem announces plans to build a methanol plant in Bintulu, Malaysia
  • Kelly Cui, 7 December 2020
  • Issue
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• Highlights from updated Cumene and Phenol Global Supply Demand Analysis
  • Darryl Xu, 1 December 2020
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• Polyesters after Covid-19: towards 2030, and beyond
  • Salmon Lee, 1 December 2020
• SK Global Chemical to permanently shut No. 1 cracker in South Korea in early December
  • Catherine Tan, 1 December 2020
  • Issue
  • Implications
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• Styrene long-term service enhancements
  • Afsar Hussain, 30 November 2020
• Fibres sustainability: is lyocell the new viscose?
  • Richard Brice, 30 November 2020
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• India terminates MEG ADD investigation: Impact and implications
  • Jason Anderson Raj, 23 November 2020
• ENEOS will shut Chita petrochemical site in Japan and sells its PX plant to Idemitsu Kosan
  • Darryl Xu, 20 November 2020
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• African PET Market - A Future for Growth
  • Gareth Lamb, 18 November 2020
• Key signposts for the chemical industry under a Biden administration
  • Nathan Schaffer, 13 November 2020
• Chemical solutions: can chemical recycling improve the sustainability of the chemicals value chain?
  • Guy Bailey, Ashish Chitalia, 12 November 2020
• Fulgar and Solvay launch polyamide fibres with antiviral and antibacterial properties
  • Timur Zilbershteyn and Quentin de Carvalho, 12 November 2020
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• GrodnoAzot strike challenges synthetic fibres production in Belarus
  • Alexei Sinitsa, 9 November 2020
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• In Focus: OMV and Mubadala complete Borealis transaction for $4.68 billion
  • Patrick Kirby, 2 November 2020
• Five reasons why polyethylene markets are largely resilient in 2020
  • Ashish Chitalia, 2 November 2020
• How Lake Charles facilities restart will impact polyolefins markets
  • TJ Spagnoli, 30 October 2020
  • Issue
  • Implications
  • Outlook
• Impact of the upcoming EU non-recyclable plastic packaging tax on flexible packaging
  • Mariana Moreira, 30 October 2020
  • Issue
  • Outlook
• The ecommerce revolution: friend or foe to sustainability?
  • Gareth Lamb, 27 October 2020
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• Nova Chemicals sells expandable polystyrene (EPS) business to Alpek
  • Shruthi Vangipuram, 22 October 2020
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• Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary exits Canadian olefin markets, Mitsubishi to take over
  • Olivia Loa, 20 October 2020
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• In Focus: Linde and Shell collaborate to commercialise lower carbon ethylene technology
  • Patrick Kirby, 15 October 2020
• In Focus: China’s Lianyungang Petrochemical receives the first ethane cargo from the US
  • Kelly Cui, 12 October 2020
• Ethylene Oxide (EO) Derivatives: PCC and Petronas join forces on Surfactants and Polyols
  • Andrew Day and Jason Anderson Raj, 12 October 2020
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• Barking up the right tree ? UPM announced construction start of their wood-based BioMEG facility in Germany
  • Andrew Day, 8 October 2020
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• In Focus: LyondellBasell to buy 50% of Sasol assets In Lake Charles for US$2 Billion in newly formed Joint Venture
  • Enrique Galindo, 5 October 2020
• China’s polyester chain faces challenges during golden season this year
  • Patricia Pan, 1 October 2020
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• Q3 2020
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• Global installed capacity by substrate in 2020 (kt)

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