| ECONOMY | On top of the energy price problem, the industry's single biggest chemical raw material, butadiene, is in short supply. Observers explain that naphtha-based ethylene crackers--throttled back because of high naphtha prices and low demand for ethylene derivatives--are producing little coproduct butadiene. "You have fewer molecules going through the ethylene crackers and fewer by-products coming out because you are using lighter feeds," Goodyear's Nelson says |
| UPDATE | 04.03 |
| AUTHOR | Goodyear Chemicals's Nelson Bob. |
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