Brainfood is a brief market report offering BlueClover’s views on market dynamics and future pricing for petrochemicals and plastics. Below is a list of previous reports which are published here one week after they are sent out by email. To receive the latest edition in the most timely manner subscribe to the report on the right side of this page.
Download Issue 24.16 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) The past four weeks has seen all upstream energy prices decrease. Since our last report two weeks ago, WTI crude oil is down 6% to a spot price of $77.10/barrel, propane is down 3% to
Download Issue 24.15 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) Over the past two weeks, WTI Crude Oil is down 1 % to a spot price of $81.98/barrel, Naphtha (Japan) is down about 2% to a spot price of $700/mt, and Propane (Mont Belvieu) is
Download Issue 24.14 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) Over past two weeks, WTI Crude Oil is up 1% to a spot price of $82.85/barrel, Naphtha (Japan) up about 3% to a spot price of $713/mt, and Propane (Mont Belvieu) up about 5% to
Download Issue 24.13 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) WTI Crude Oil up 11% the past two weeks to a spot price of approx. $82/barrel. Propane prices in Mont Belvieu, TX are up about 15% to almost 78 cents per gallon (cpg). Over the
Download Issue 24.12 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) The upstream energy and global PP feedstock markets have slid lower these past two weeks. Crude oil is lower by 5% the past two weeks and current pricing of approx. $74/barrel is lower by 15%
Download Issue 24.11 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) The upstream energy and global PP feedstock markets have not moved much the past two weeks. Crude oil has been very stable in May thus far, trading in a $3/barrel range this month. Current pricing
Download Issue 24.10 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) Over the past two weeks, WTI prices are down a little over 5% to $77.91/barrel. Prices are down almost 8% the past month after a big rally in the 1st quarter. Propane prices in Mont
Download Issue 24.09 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) WTI crude oil prices slid lower after rallying for much of this year. Over the past two weeks, WTI prices are down a little over 3% to $82.21/barrel. Propane prices in Mont Belvieu, TX are
Download Issue 24.08 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) WTI crude oil prices continue to move higher, climbing 5% the past two weeks. Crude oil prices are up 21% from the start of the 2024 year. Why prices are rising? We wrote last week,
Download Issue 24.07 Market Update Plastics Feedstocks (Oil, Naphtha, Propane) WTI crude oil prices are up a little over 1% the past two weeks to a spot price of $80.91/barrel. Crude oil prices have strengthened over the past three months and have reached price points