Fatty alcohols and Hydrogen

Their prices have moved together.

Fatty alcohols (chemical) and Hydrogen (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: process input

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Hydrogenating methyl esters to alcohols needs large volumes of hydrogen, usually made on site from natural gas. It is a real but small cost, and the US index for hydrogen and argon shows almost no link, with monthly moves correlating at -0.05.

• -0.05 monthly change correlation
• 0.05 12-month change correlation
• 0.67 fitted elasticity

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