據(jù)悉,受下游衍生物價(jià)格下跌、能源價(jià)格低迷以及供應(yīng)和庫(kù)存增加的影響,周四美國(guó)8月份交付的乙烯現(xiàn)貨價(jià)格下跌2美分/磅降至23.75美分-24.25美分/磅(FD美國(guó)海灣)。
普氏能源資訊的數(shù)據(jù)顯示:周四的價(jià)格創(chuàng)下自2009年8月3日以來(lái)的最低水平,當(dāng)時(shí)的現(xiàn)貨價(jià)格為23.75美分/磅。
普氏能源資訊稱,在過(guò)去的一年中,美國(guó)有六個(gè)乙烯擴(kuò)能項(xiàng)目投產(chǎn),合計(jì)新增產(chǎn)能為20億磅/年,從而令美國(guó)乙烯產(chǎn)能達(dá)到617億磅/年。
(龐曉華摘譯自PLATTS 2015-8-14)
原文如下:
US ethylene at a six-year low on oversupplyHouston (Platts)--14 Aug 2015 555 am EDT/955 GMTAugust US spot ethylene fell 2 cents/lb Thursday to 23.75-24.25 cents/lb FD USG for August deliveries on continued talk of declining downstream derivative prices, weak energy complex, lengthening supply and inventories.Thursday's assessment is the lowest since August 3, 2009, when the spot price was assessed at 23.75 cents/lb, Platts data show.
Six expansions with total capacity of 2 billion lb have been brought online in the past year, pushing the total annual US ethylene production to over 61.7 billion lb/year, according to Platts data.