Asia Light Olefins

Managed by consultants in our Asia offices, IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service: Asia Light Olefins tracks the latest developments in the world's fastest-growing region for light olefins. You receive weekly market updates along with monthly commentary on our forecasts for prices, supply and demand, trade flows and production costs.

In addition to quarterly supply and demand balances and operating schedules, the monthly analysis features a "Focus" section—delivering our consultants' insights about timely, important topics in the Asian olefins sector.

Products covered:

• Crude oil, natural gas, naphtha, LPG, other feedstocks
• Propylene and propylene derivatives (polypropylene, propylene oxide, acrylonitrile, cumene/phenol, oxo-alcohols, acrylic acid)
• Ethylene and ethylene derivatives (polyethylene, ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, EDC/VCM/PVC, styrene, alpha olefins, vinyl acetate monomer)

Subscribers to IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service: Asia Light Olefins receive:

• Weekly Market Snapshot
  • Emailed each Friday
  • Review of market prices, production cash costs and margins (for naphtha, LPG, gasoil feedstocks)
  • Supply issues
  • Operating schedules
  • Key derivative demand and affordability
  • International markets review
• Monthly Market Analysis
  • Emailed near the 10th of each month
  • "Focus" section with IHS Chemical insights into a key industry topic
  • Graphs and commentary on:
    • Monthly and annual price forecasts
    • Feedstock and production cost forecasts
    • Supply and demand balances
    • Trade projections
  • Prices and price forecasts
  • New olefins project status reports
  • Operating schedules for steam crackers and on-purpose propylene units
  • Quarterly supply and demand balances
  • Trade of olefins and derivatives
• The IHS Chemical Economy & Energy Overview Report (formerly CMAI Economy & Energy Overview Report):
  • Emailed at month's end
  • Monthly global economic updates and forecasts
  • Quarterly regional economic updates
  • Valuable crude oil and natural gas data and price forecasts
• Access to IHS Chemical consultants who will provide consulting, explanation and basic support in order to understand the analysis
• A user name and password for unlimited downloads of PDF files
• Unlimited access to our proprietary price and production economics database:
  • Monthly price forecast and cash margin data updated weekly
  • Historical data archives
• Data and graphics from our extensive database upon request

To learn more about Asian Light Olefins, please download:

• Olefins & Derivatives product brochure
• Weekly sample
• Monthly Analysis sample