Butadiene: Relationships

Every element and industry that Butadiene is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Ethylene: Butadiene is almost entirely a by-product of ethylene crackers, so its supply follows cracker runs and feed choice rather than tyre demand. A naphtha cracker yields about seven times more butadiene per tonne of ethylene than an ethane cracker, so the shift to cheap shale and Gulf ethane tightened butadiene supply. (researched)
• Crude oil: Crude oil is a raw material for butadiene; their prices have moved together.
• ABS: Their prices have moved together.
• Combustion road vehicles: Their prices have moved together.
• MTBE: Their prices have moved together.
• Natural rubber: Their prices have moved together.
• Plastic and rubber products: Plastic and rubber products depends on butadiene.
• Polybutadiene rubber: Their prices have moved together.
• Styrene-butadiene rubber: Their prices have moved together.