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    • Is crude oil poised for a breakout? With Brent crude oil now at a 29-month high of $64.11 per barrel, prices could soon break out of a trading range that has been the reality since January 2015 (see Figure 1). At the close of Monday’s trading, Brent crude oil is now up 13% year-to-date, 22% over the past three months, and 5% month-to-date, supported recently by geopolitical unrest, particularly in the Middle East. For US producers of ethylene, polyethylene, and PVC, this reinvigoration of the global crude market is welcome news. This is especially true for producers of ethylene and polyethylene, given the impending supply wave. As a general rule of thumb, our analysis suggests that every $10/bbl move in Brent crude oil translates to...

    • Harvey disruption carries PE prices higher in 4Q17. As we surmised in our last version of the CCC, the polyethylene (PE) resin industry has been able to push through an additional round of price in the domestic contract market. This $0.03/lb increase for October is the third successive increase, following the initial $0.03/lb increase in August and $0.04/lb increase for 15 September. While price has been moving higher, we believe…

    • Caustic soda price traction continues. The US chlor-alkali market has been operating at a fairly tight supply demand balance, and producers’ price initiatives continue to gain traction in the market following the outages caused by Hurricane Harvey. Diaphragm-grade caustic soda contract prices at the end of October were marked up nearly… 

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