July 2016- Held in Houston, TX at Norris Conference Center-CityCentre, the Petchem Tech Forum 2016 hosted by Hydrocarbon Processing aimed to highlight and discuss advances for U.S. petrochemicals. At this two-day event, ADI Analytics presented on, “Rising Octane Values and Aromatics Markets.” From this, ADI put together four key messages to present to the forum including: one, the […]
Understanding Octane Value in North America
The value of an octane barrel has risen significantly in recent years going from $2.10 in 2010 to $3.99 in 2015. This has surprised industry analysts since the refining industry has been blending a growing amount of ethanol, which has an octane rating of ~113, and the general consensus was that the industry had a […]