# Epoxy resins and Oil and product pipelines

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/epoxy-resins-and-oil-and-product-pipelines/

[Epoxy resins](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/epoxy/) (chemical) and [Oil and product pipelines](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_oil_pipelines/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: pipe coating

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Steel line pipe is protected against corrosion by fusion-bonded epoxy and other coatings. Coatings are a small part of construction cost, and the resin proxy shows no link to pipeline tariffs, with monthly moves correlating at -0.09.

- **-0.09** monthly change correlation
- **-0.10** 12-month change correlation
- **2.26** fitted elasticity

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