Bradford and Bingley, UK, auto industry, consumer spending, plastic packaging, financial meltdown
Asian Chemical Connections
The big challenges
As delegates gather for this year’s European Petrochemical Association meeting in the unreal world of Monaco (unreal for the 99.9 per cent recurring of us who don’t own Ferraris), I thought it was worth summarising some of the issues discussed on this blog over the last few months. We’ve dealt with: *Oil-price volatility and the […]
Historic polyolefin market collapse
polyolefin market collapse, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, oil-supply crisis,
Did Paulson’s wife have to get up early?
Hank Paulson, Bruce Springsteen, Britain’s Labour Party, socialism, financial meltdown, US financial rescue package
Eggheads are annoying
BASF, eggheads, integration benefits, McKinsey, counter-cyclical investment, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Clariant
History will repeat itself
Peak Oil, carbon credits, carbon capture and storage, collaterised green obligations, property prices, financial meltdown
The world is round after all
Thomas Friedman, globalisation, global warming, Peak Oil, Hot, Flat and Crowded, climate change, SABIC
Go on, stick your head in deeper
Lehman Brothers, Great Depression, SUVs, ostriches, beer
A drowning man will clutch onto anything
Peak Oil, Deutsche Bank, gas pricing, coal-o-chemicals, coal gasification, PetroRabigh, Saudi Aramco, Sumitomo Chemical
Uncle Sam back from the dead?
Shell Chemicals, oil price, McKinsey, shipping costs,