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Butadiene services

Argus' services are essential for anyone exposed to BD prices and seeking a perspective on the marketplace.

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Argus Butadiene

Contract and spot benchmarks, global industry news and analysis of key economic drivers.

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Argus Butadiene Analytics

10-year forecast and a five-year history covering butadiene capacities, trade, and supply and demand balances, plus details on demand growth for leading derivatives.

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Argus Butadiene Outlook 

A 24-month rolling price forecast and forward-looking analysis of global butadiene supply and demand.

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Heavy Olefins

The C5 and hydrocarbon resins industry has experienced a fundamental shift in the past few years, going from several acute shortages to a glut of products in the markets. Producers, industrial chemicals companies, chemical distributors, traders and technology providers all need to understand how this will play out, especially in light of new entries into the global market. Argus’ C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins Service is the only global service of its kind.  

 

Our experts will help you determine what trends to track and how to stay competitive in today’s ever-changing global markets. 

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Argus C5 and Hydrocarbon Resins

Presents select price assessments plus news and analysis for the C5 monomers, hydrocarbon tackifying resins and related markets on a monthly basis.

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Argus Hydrocarbon Resin Analytics

Provide a two-year forecast and four-year history covering supply and demand fundamentals, capacities and detailed expert insight for the hydrocarbon resins markets.

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Make better decisions with a comprehensive view on butadiene markets, from the upstream wellhead, via refineries and steam crackers, to downstream products such as synthetic rubber

Meet our butadiene experts

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Angie Joe, VP, Crude C4’s and Derivatives

Angie leads the crude C4, butadiene and derivatives consulting practice at Argus. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the petrochemical industry, including roles as an analyst and broker, and in business development and communications. She also has expertise in styrenics, aromatics, olefins and methanol. Angie enjoys tapping her experience along the entire value chain to piece together market information in a global context.

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Akash Chavanke, Business Analyst

Akash is involved in improving the granularity of integrated aromatics and olefins derivative markets. He previously spent one and half years at Prismane Consulting in Pune, where he worked on projects related to speciality polymers, bulk polymers, petrochemicals, bio-plastics and inorganic chemicals. Akash holds a B.Tech degree in Petrochemical Engineering from Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune.

Butadiene Market Insights

Angie Joe assesses the key drivers and risk areas affecting butadiene price forecasts.

 

About Argus

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets.

Headquartered in London with over 1,400 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

 

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy.

 

Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.