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Data Legend. The chart above shows Butene price assessments in USA Dollar per metric ton (USD/mt) in 6 locations, as follows:
- Butenes, US (United States): Butenes, export transaction price, fob, United States
- Butenes, EUR (Europe): Butenes, export transaction price, fob, Germany
- Butenes, SAM (South America): Butenes, export transaction price, fob, Brazil
- Butenes, SEA (Southeast Asia): Butenes, import transaction price, cif, Thailand
- Butenes, NEA (Northeast Asia): Butenes, export transaction price, fob, South Korea
- Butenes, MDE (Middle East): Butenes, import transaction price, cif, Saudi Arabia (netforward from fob Germany)
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Butene Price Outlook. The price of Butenes (United States) decreased during March 2020 to 972 USD per metric ton, which represents a slight decline of 1% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, the prices of Butenes (United States) increased significantly by 11%. Meanwhile, the average price of Butenes (Southeast Asia) amounted to 882 USD per metric ton, from 933 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the price of Butenes (Southeast Asia) is 8% lower than the price one month before.
The price of Butenes (Middle East) declined considerably throughout March 2020, reaching 736 USD per metric ton. The price is 13% lower than the average price in the previous month and 9% lower than the average price one year before. In contrast, the prices of Butenes (Europe) decreased significantly during March 2020, reaching 700 USD per metric ton, which means a decline of 12% from the previous month’s price and a decline of 5% from the previous year’s price.
The prices of Butenes (Northeast Asia) experienced a modest decline of 6 USD per metric ton from the prior month's price, to 794 USD per metric ton. Such price movement meant a decrease of 0.7% on a monthly basis and a decrease of 6% on a yearly basis. On the other hand, in March 2020, the price of Butenes (South America) witnessed a decline of 20 USD per metric ton when compared against the previous month's price, to 1,510 USD per metric ton. The March 2020 price is 0.7% lower than the price one year before.
About Butene. Butene (a.k.a. Butenes, Butylene) refers to a range of linear isomeric olefins (1-butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene). It a colorless, flammable mixture, insoluble in water, but soluble in most organic compounds. The isomers hardly occur naturally and have been known since the end of the nineteenth century. They are usually coproduced as a single mixture and are formed as byproducts of petroleum cracking for gasoline manufacture or catalytic dehydrogenation of butanes. For this reason, butenes production grew rapidly with the growth of cracking processes.
Butene Handling. Butenes are usually stored and transported as pressurized liquids in steel cylinders, steel drums, road tankers, pressure gas tank wagons and tank containers. They can also be transported in pipelines or barged.
Butene Production. Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of Butene are listed below.
- Ethylene (dimerization process),
- Propylene (metathesis, coproduced with ethylene),
- Thermal refining process, butenes is a byproduct
Butene Uses. The uses and applications of Butene may vary according to its specification. The main forms of Butene are technical grade (95% minimum purity); chemically pure (CP, 99% minimum purity); and research grade (99.4% for 1-butene, 99.8% for cis-butene-2 and 99.9% for trans-butene-2).
