This issue examines how higher naphtha costs and weak downstream demand pressured olefins and derivatives markets. Ethylene and propylene trends were mixed, while PE, PP and MEG prices and margins generally weakened across key regions.
The Worley Insights Olefins Derivatives Monitor delivers a streamlined, month‑by‑month readout of developments across the olefins and derivatives value chain. By tracking shifts in feedstock costs, product pricing, margins, trade route economics, and operational activity, each issue surfaces the fundamentals driving competitiveness across ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and MEG.