The international crude oil price for Indian Basket has recorded down by $0.43/barrel. The current price is at $_______ per barrel (FOB) on March 17, 2020. 

Finland's Neste Oyj, (Neste Oil Corporation) has planned to carry out a maintenance turnaround in Porvoo City.

Goldman Sachs cut its oil figure on Tuesday as the COVID-19 episode keeps on compelling grounds.

Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (GSFC) is likely to revise its ex-work price for polyamide 6/nylon 6 (PA6). Find out by how much,

Butadiene (BD) prices have been reported to be steady in South Korea, China, South East Asia, Rotterdam, and US Gulf due to stable demand patterns in the respective countries.

Naphtha prices have registered a downward movement in virus-hit Europe while moving up in Japan owing to fluctuation in the markets

Propylene prices have decreased in South Korea, China, North-West Europe, and the US Gulf on account of dull demand trends and dramatically lower feedstock prices.

Ethylene prices are now moving forcefully down South-East Asia, India, North-East Asia, and North-West Europe as crude oil prices crash.

Now that plastic waste has become a menace, could bioplastics be the appropriate response?

Nayara Energy, in the past Essar Oil, plans to set-up a 450 Kiloton Per Annum (KTPA) polypropylene (PP) plant at its Vadinar processing plant in Gujarat at an expense of Rs 6,100 crore.

As per the sluggish polymer market, weak demand scenario and a continuous downward adjustment in crude prices, commodity polymers prices are expected to change further this week. What are the expected price revisions?

Petrochemical producers and refiners have started altering maintenance schedules and turnarounds as the coronavirus which has led to issues in the availability of workers and staff. Click on Details for more

Latest chemical tanker load bulk prices for Acetone, Acetic Acid, Butyl Acetate, C9 Solvent, IPA, Methanol, n-Butanol, Phenol, SM, Toluene, VAM, PG, OX, Octanol, Acrylonitrile, BAM, BGE, Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acrylate, Butyl Cellosolve,  Cyclohexane, DEG, EDC, Isobutanol, MEK, MIBK,  MEG, MX, etc.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has announced a price revision for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with immediate effect from March 18, 2020.

As per the sluggish polymer market, weak demand scenario and a continuous downward adjustment in the crude international price, the price of commodity polymers is expected to change further this week.

On Monday, March 16, 2020, OPEC day by day bin cost was enlisted to move to descend by $3.50 per barrel. It was surveyed to be lower at $__________

These are all maintenance shutdowns but are they also promoted by depressed offtake on account of the virus? Click on Details for more

Monday saw MEG prices dropping in Asia due to dull demand in the region.

Phthalic Anhydride (PAN) price drops in Asia on Monday due to dull demand trend in regions like China and

The international crude oil price for Indian Basket has gone down by $2.90/barrel. The current price is at $_________ per barrel (FOB) on March 

On Monday, Purified Terephthalic Acid prices fell in Asia.

Butadiene (BD) prices went down in the US Gulf on account of the impact on demand from the virus attack and a lower primary feedstock prices.

IPA prices have hit the ceiling, it seems. Click on Details for more

A fall in feedstock prices has pushed prices down. Click on Details for more

Primary feedstock prices are under freefall now. And this is causing the markets to wonder what is coming next.

RIL has a giant crude to chemical game plan
It is extremely ambitious in its scale

Production margins were hovering at multi-year lows in early July as oversupply continues to pressure the polyester chain.

The prices of almost all the petrochemical products discussed under pressure had declined in the broad range of 0.3%-29% y-o-y in FY20.

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