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Hydrogen and Renewable diesel and SAF

Their prices have moved together.

Hydrogen (chemical) and Renewable diesel and SAF (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: process input

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Hydrotreating removes oxygen from the oils using hydrogen, so hydrogen is a key operating cost. The argon and hydrogen index correlates at -0.14 for monthly moves, as merchant hydrogen is sold on long contracts.

  • -0.14 monthly change correlation
  • -0.06 12-month change correlation
  • -0.71 fitted elasticity

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