The PetroChemWire Refinery Focus Daily provides insight into how petrochemicals and refining economics intersect. This concise, 5-page report delivers an independent summary of each day’s closing prices and trading activity in all petrochemical markets related to propylene and benzene. It helps petrochemical producers and consumers understand how petroleum refinery economics and production trends affect chemical prices. The report summarizes price movements in downstream commodity markets related to refineries and includes daily RGP and PGP trading activity and PGP’s spread to propane. It also covers toluene, mixed xylenes, trading activity, fuel values for each, and downstream styrene and cumene pricing. Month-to-date weighted and calendar averages for RGP, PGP, and styrene are also provided. The report features same-day news about steam crackers, refineries, splitters, PDH units, and associated downstream plants, as well as general trends in refined products markets, such as seasonal gasoline RVP changes, import and export trends in VGO, crack spreads, and FCC margins.

Key Features and Benefits

• Summarized price movements in the downstream commodity markets related to refineries.
• Daily RGP and PGP trading activity and PGP’s spread to propane.
• Toluene, mixed xylenes, trading activity, fuel values for each and downstream styrene and cumene pricing.
• Month-to-date weighted and calendar averages for RGP, PGP and styrene.
• Same-day news about steam crackers, refineries, splitters, PDH units and associated downstream plants.
• General trends in refined products markets, such as seasonal gasoline RVP changes, import and export trends in VGO, crack spreads and FCC margins.