Western Europe first-quarter propylene output up 3% year on year
Nel Weddle
02-Jul-2014
LONDON (ICIS)–Western European propylene output rose by 3% in the first three months of this year compared with the same period in 2013, data released by petrochemicals association Petrochemicals Europe showed on Wednesday.
First quarter output in 2014 amounted to 3,668 kilo tonnes, compared to 3,577 kilo tonnes in 2013.
During the first quarterof the year, the European propylene
market was impacted by better-than-expected demand as well as
some supply constraints emanating from ethylene-led cracker
reductions, refinery and propane dehydrogenation (PDG)
maintenance.
Western European first-quarter polypropylene
production *EU15 + Norway
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