据石化新闻2020年8月24日休斯敦报道，消息人士称，由于两个风暴不断逼近墨西哥湾沿岸，美国墨西哥湾沿岸现货乙烯价格在8月24日创下了新高。
标普全球普氏能源资讯的统计数据显示，由于8月份乙烯价格24日上涨了2美分，美国蒙特贝尔维尤现货乙烯价格创下了8个月来的新高。
根据普氏能源咨询的统计数据，现货蒙特贝尔维尤乙烯价格为22.25美分/磅，为2019年12月3日以来的最高水平，当时的价格为23美分/磅。
自4月3日疫情导致需求下降、美国墨西哥湾沿岸期货乙烯价格跌至8美分/磅的16年来低点以来，现货价格现已回升了178%，达到了14.25美分/磅。
现货乔克托乙烯价格上涨了3美分，至每磅21美分，为普氏3月2日开始评估乔克托乙烯价格以来的最高水平。
美国墨西哥湾沿岸现货乙烯价格比普氏能源资讯开始进行评估以来的最低价格反弹了近190%或13.75美分，4月7日，消息人士召回的价格为7.25美分/磅，创下了历史最低水平。
莫蒂瓦和因多拉玛24日分别宣布计划在墨西哥湾风暴来临前关闭乙烯裂解装置。
李峻 编译自 石化新闻
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US Gulf Coast spot ethylene prices reach new highs ahead of nearing storms
US Gulf Coast spot ethylene prices reached new highs Aug. 24 as they react to nearing storms in the Gulf Coast, sources said.
The US spot Mont Belvieu ethylene price posted an eight-month high as August ethylene rose 2 cents Spot Mont Belvieu ethylene was assessed at 22.25 cents/lb, its highest level since Dec. 3, 2019, when it was assessed at 23 cents/lb, according to Platts data.
The spot assessment has recovered more than 178%, or 14.25 cents/lb, since posting a 16-year low of 8 cents/lb Spot Choctaw ethylene was 3 cents higher The spot assessment has recovered nearly 190%, or 13.75 cents, from the lowest level since Platts started assessing it, and the lowest-ever price recalled by sources at 7.25 cents/lb Motiva and Indorama announced plans to shut down crackers on Aug. 24 ahead of impending storms in the Gulf Coast.
