# Phenol and acetone and Refining and reforming

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/phenol-and-acetone-and-refining-and-reforming/

[Phenol and acetone](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/phenol/) (chemical) and [Refining and reforming](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_refining/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: feed source

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Refineries supply much of the benzene and some of the propylene used for cumene, so refinery runs shift phenol costs. The refinery index moves with the cyclic proxy at 0.34 monthly and 0.74 yearly.

- **0.34** monthly change correlation
- **0.74** 12-month change correlation
- **0.35** fitted elasticity

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