Kevin Boyle
Boyle Consulting
Kevin Boyle is a consultant at Boyle Consulting with nearly 30 years of experience in petrochemicals, plastics, and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). Mr. Boyle focuses on olefins and aromatics which include: ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene and xylene. His expertise is in prices, forecasting, modeling, contract analysis, costs, hedging, trading strategies, market analysis and research. In the past he has worked for OxyChem, Koch Industries, CheMatch.com, and CMAI. Mr. Boyle earned a BS in Chemistry and an MBA. In addition, Mr. Boyle has served as an expert witness and and provided litigation support work in the energy field. (This is me - Update Profile)
| 2003 - present | Consultant Boyle Consulting |
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GLG Study Groups with Kevin Boyle(?)
| Study Group Name | Members |
|---|---|
| Adhesive and Sealant Experts | 345 |
| Rubber Experts | 155 |
| Plastics and Resins Experts in GLG Member Programs | 59 |
| Drilling Rig Experts | 326 |
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Analyses by Kevin Boyle(?)
Japanese ethylene producers are beginning to reduce operating rates to adjust to market conditions. Because of their relative high costs in Asia, Japanese producers are the marginal suppliers. As they reduce production, we see the deepening of the trough hit Asia.
The hopeless housing market puts US PVC makers in a very poor position. Global PVC capacity is up, and prices and margins are falling. New capacity will toughen the market conditions on a global basis. In the meantime, falling chlorine consumption is sending caustic prices higher.
Dow seeks to lead the industry to try to recover the increase in energy costs. An across the board increase makes sense if energy costs have equal effect on manufacturing costs. The move certainly gives them another opportunity to raise the awareness of energy prices on chemical produce...
First quarter results from converters confirm that demand for plastics packaging materials is down. The good news is that higher revenues are attributed to thier ability to increase prices. If converters have pricing power in the market, this should be good news for resin producers.
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