# Acrylonitrile and Natural gas

Natural gas is a raw material for acrylonitrile; their prices have moved together.

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[Acrylonitrile](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/acrylonitrile/) (chemical) and [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/) (energy): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Natural gas → Acrylonitrile*

Acrylonitrile is made from natural gas: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

### 2. Price link: ammonia feed

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Gas sets the cost of ammonia and, in the US, of the ethane-rich cracker system. European gas moves with the proxy at 0.21 monthly and 0.80 yearly, a weak monthly but strong yearly tie.

- **0.21** monthly change correlation
- **0.80** 12-month change correlation
- **0.15** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.