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Market Advisory Service - North America Light Olefins

  • Market Overview
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Key Features

Market Overview

Duration: Short-term – 2-year price forecast and market outlook

The North America Light Olefins service provides clients with a comprehensive, yet focused view of the North American light olefins and derivatives markets. It details the relationships with upstream feed sources and downstream markets and provides an analytical view of the complex ethylene and propylene markets.

Comprehensive monthly market price, supply, demand, and trade data and analysis for:

  • Crude C4s
  • Ethylene
  • Propylene
  • Pygas (Pyroysis Gas)

Strategic Analysis

Duration: Short-term – 2-year price forecast and market outlook

The North America Light Olefins service offers clients a thorough and targeted perspective on the North American Light Olefins markets. It provides supply and demand balances and analysis, prices and margins forecasts, maintenance schedules, and many other critical information and analysis to help understand market dynamics and get actionable intelligence to mitigate risk and maximize margins. It elucidates the connections between upstream feed sources and downstream markets, providing an analytical insight into the intricate North American ethylene and propylene markets.

Ethylene Value Chain

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Key Features

Duration: Short-term – 2-year price forecast and market outlook


PRICES COVERED

Contract and spot price summary with a brief review of current market conditions.

  • Ethylene
  • Propylene

GLOBAL WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT

The weekly report examines olefins data, updates on pricing developments, market trading ranges, and supply/demand information. Additionally, it provides an overview of ongoing events in both Europe and Asia.
Publication Timing: Every Friday

GLOBAL MONTHLY MARKET REPORT

This report provides comprehensive insights into significant occurrences, covering operational and demand shifts, process economics, discussions on short-term supply/demand conditions, analysis of events impacting the North American market, and forecasts for future market trends.
Publication Timing: End of the month

OLEFINS WEEKLY WRAP-UP PODCAST

This audio program in podcast format will ensure you stay informed about weekly occurrences in the US olefins market. Periodically, it will feature special episodes with other researchers from Chemical Market Analytics discussing topics directly relevant to the olefins market. The program follows a weekly schedule with occasional breaks throughout the year.

DATA SUPPLEMENT

This report provides comprehensive data for supply/demand and trade, as well as operating schedules for steam crackers, on-purpose propylene, and refinery FCC units and a price forecast.
Publication Timing: End of the month

MONTHLY DATA SUPPLEMENT

This report provides first-half ethylene and propylene monthly prices and economics.
Publication Timing: First working day after the 15th

ACCESS TO SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

Personal telephone and/or email discussions, and meetings on the subject matter covered in the monthly report.

MARKET FOCUS REPORT

This report delves into additional research on crucial and timely matters within the Light Olefins industry. Previous analytical topics include an examination of the ethylene and propylene merchant markets, calculations of derivative affordability, alternatives for refinery-grade propylene, and an exploration of the chemical cost curve.
Publication Timing:Periodic

SUPPLY & DEMAND

Short-term production news updates, production statistics, plant-by-plant operating schedules, and long-term structural supply changes. End-use analysis across the diverse range of end-use sectors plus macro industry trend analysis.

Region
  • North America
Chemical
  • Ethylene
  • Propylene

TRADE

Trade statistics, global trade analysis, freight estimates, tariffs, and sanction tracking.

OPERATING SCHEDULE

Region
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Gulf Coast
Chemical
  • Ethylene
  • Fluidized Catalytic Cracker
  • Propylene

OLEFINS INVENTORY REPORT

This report covers monthly inventory analysis (5-yr average, min/max range, YTD history, current quarter estimates and forward quarter forecast) along with commentary – twice per month to coincide with Data Supplement publication and Mid-Month Price Page.
Publication Timing: Bi-monthly

GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

Graphical analysis in PowerPoint format is provided online for easy reference and usage for clients.
Publication Timing: End of the month

REGULAR WEBINARS

Every quarter, there are global webinars providing access to our subject matter experts (SMEs). These one-hour sessions include a presentation with Q&A, where our SMEs discuss significant trends in their respective regions. Additionally, updates on pricing forecasts and supply & demand balances are covered.

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