Jun 18, 2021 4:51:58 PM / by Cooley May posted in Chemicals, Ethylene, supply and demand, Chemical Demand, freight, Asia, butadiene derivatives, butadiane
The exhibit below looks at the difference between a strong butadiene market in the US and a much weaker one in Asia. The strength in the US is a function of the stronger US economy and consumer spending as well as logistic issues with products containing butadiene derivatives, but also because there is no incentive to increase heavier cracker feedstock use right now in the US and consequently co-product butadiene supply remains constrained.
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