| 8:30 |
REGISTRATION + REFRESHMENTS
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| 9:00 |
Welcome
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| 9:15 |
Markets part I - market dynamics of the three main olefins
• Three primary olefins (ethylene, propylene, butadiene) and end uses
• Four bulk polymers - PE, PP, PS/EPS and PVC
• Consumption drivers, production and feedstock choice
• Regional issues and trends
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| 10:15 |
Markets part II - methanol and ammonia markets dynamics
• Main derivatives and consumption drivers
• Regional issues and trends
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| 10:45 |
REFRESHMENTS
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| 11:00 |
Markets part III - aromatics
• Aromatics (benzene, toluene, paraxylene, orthoxylene)
• Consumption drivers, production and feedstock choice, trade
• Regional issues and trends
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| 12:00 |
Costs & profitability part I - cost of production
• Understanding cost of production
• Value vs cost vs price
• Profitability: margins, return on investment etc
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| 13:00 |
LUNCH
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| 14:00 |
Syndicate exercise
• An exercise to calculate the cost of production of ethylene and polyethylene
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| 15:15 |
REFRESHMENTS
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| 15:30 |
Costs & profitability part II - margins, spreads and profit
• Different measures of profitability
• Profitability within the value chain
• Competitiveness issues
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| 16:00 |
Petrochemical pricing
• Price setting mechanisms
• Inter-regional prices and inter-material prices
• Future price influences (short term and long term factors)
Alastair Hensman, Marketing Manager - ChemSystems, NEXANT
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| 17:00 |
Quiz/review
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| 17:15 |
End of seminar
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