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• NYMEX Tuesday Wrap: Oil, nat gas open week with gains
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• PVC scrap exports down 11% in Jan-Nov 2018
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• ExxonMobil reports flaring due to Baton Rouge olefins shutdown
• PET imports surge 45% in Jan-Nov 2018

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The Distillation Column--A Blog on Refining

Read PetroChem Wire Editor and refinery industry expert Robert Sharp's new weekly blog that discusses industry and market trends, and the economics of petrochemicals, such as alkylate and raffinate, in the ever-changing refined products marketplace. See recent postings below:

VGO inches closer to bunker levels – a harbinger of IMO 2020

Refinery reacts to bunker fuel changes, puts coker on hold

VGO weakens on lower gasoline prices and strong crude runs

Brent/WTI spread collapses, taking VGO with it

Isobutane premium to normal butane widens on alkylate demand, squeeze

FCC margins push higher after refinery fire

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