• WPC 2024
  • March 18-22, 2024

Session Details

How Long can Octane Drive Aromatics?

Thursday, 21 March

8:00 am - 9:30 am (CST) / 21/mar/2024 01:00 pm - 21/mar/2024 02:30 pm

How will the energy and materials transition impact aromatics and derivatives?                                        
Unpacking feedstocks, technology, consumer behavior and margin evolution. How are markets reacting?     

 8:00 AM: Welcome Remarks - Andrew Neale, Executive Director, Aromatics, S&P Global Commodity Insights

8:05 AM: The fallout of the platinum age of refining - Stephen Jew, Executive Director, Global Refining and Marketing Research, S&P Global Commodity Insights

The fallout of the platinum age of refining: how much longer will the octane premia last?

8:25 AM: The long view of PX Xiaodong Zhang, Director, Aromatics APAC, S&P Global Commodity Insights

8:45 AM: To blend or to polymerize your TXEshwar Yennigalla, Senior Analyst, Petrochemicals, S&P Global Commodity Insights

TX streams have been blended into gasoline in recent years. This presentation will analize how long this could continue.

9:00 AM: Evolution of the aromatics complex - Michel Molinier, Director, Americas Aromatics and Derivatives, S&P Global Commodity Insights

9:15 AM: Q&A

Program: Breakout Track

Session Track: Aromatics, Fibers & Derivatives

Session Speakers