# Crude oil and Surfactants

Crude oil is a raw material for surfactants; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/crude-oil-and-surfactants/

[Crude oil](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/crude_oil/) (energy) and [Surfactants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/surfactants/) (chemical): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Crude oil → Surfactants*

Surfactants is made from crude oil: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

### 2. Price link: ultimate feedstock

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Oil drives the costs of linear alkylbenzene, ethylene oxide and petrochemical alcohols. Monthly moves correlate at 0.00 but yearly moves at 0.46, and oil leads by about 2 months, showing pass-through on a slower contract cycle.

- **-0.00** monthly change correlation
- **0.46** 12-month change correlation
- **0.05** fitted elasticity

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