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Gas pipelines and city gas and High-density polyethylene

Their prices have moved together.

Gas pipelines and city gas (energy) and High-density polyethylene (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: end use

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

HDPE pipe carries much of the gas and water in city distribution networks. The proxy here is a delivered gas price, so it measures gas cost more than pipe demand: 0.06 monthly and 0.62 yearly.

  • 0.06 monthly change correlation
  • 0.62 12-month change correlation
  • 0.41 fitted elasticity

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