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What the flipping heck is going on?….

…….and no trite Public Relations-speak answers, please!!!   This is not me, by the way, (my computer is an older model) but the expression about sums it up www.scienceblogs.com   No matter where you seem to turn these days, whether it’s to the refinery industry or to any chemicals production chain, the story is more or […]

How ridiculous does ridiculous have to get?

“YES, I HEAR YOU – I’M LISTENING….” Source of picture: New York Daily News   How ridiculous does crude-oil pricing have to become before regulatory reforms occur that limit the role of financial speculation in a helpful way? This was the question being asked by a refining industry source today after he had read this […]

Some important new petchem trends

To keep you updated on what we believe is happening in petrochemicals, here are some important recent trends: *Futures markets in China are playing an increasingly important role in influencing pricing in polyolefins, methanol and PTA. Trading volume on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (watch out for Focus piece due out on ICIS today) for LLDPE […]

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