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See monthly Butene prices in 5 locations: United States, South America, Europe, South Asia & Oceania, Northeast Asia, Middle East. Also check Butene price history since 2007 and forecasts. The chart below is a sample of Intratec Primary Commodity Prices - subscribe now and gain access to current prices of 237 commodities, including Butene.
Data Legend. The Butene price chart shows the prices in USA Dollar per metric ton (USD/mt) in 6 locations, as follows:
- US: Butene, United States, transaction, fob
- SAM: Butene, South America, transaction, fob, Brazil
- EUR: Butene, Europe, transaction, fob, Netherlands
- SEA: Butene, South Asia & Oceania, transaction, cif, Thailand
- NEA: Butene, Northeast Asia, transaction, fob, South Korea
- MDE: Butene, Middle East, transaction, cif, Saudi Arabia
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Price Dynamics. The Butene price in United States decreased during November 2018 to 1,130 USD per metric ton, which represents a decline of 4% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, Butene prices in United States increased significantly by 10%. Meanwhile, in Netherlands, the average price of Butene amounted to 908 USD per metric ton, from 817 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the Butene price in Netherlands is 5% lower than the price one month before.
The price of Butene in South Korea rose slightly throughout November 2018, reaching 1,110 USD per metric ton. The price in South Korea is 3% higher than the average price in the previous month and 5% higher than the average price one year before. In contrast, Butene prices in Thailand increased modestly during November 2018, reaching 1,400 USD per metric ton, which means a rise of 2% from the previous month’s price and a rise of 14% from the previous year’s price.
The Butene prices in Saudi Arabia experienced a modest decline of 20 USD per metric ton from the prior month's price, to 1,320 USD per metric ton. Such price movement in Saudi Arabia meant a decrease of 1% on a monthly basis and a rise of 12% on a yearly basis. On the other hand, in November 2018, the Butene price in Brazil witnessed a rise of 10 USD per metric ton when compared against the previous month's price, to 1,830 USD per metric ton. The November 2018 price in Brazil is 9% higher than the price one year before.
About Butene. Butene (a.k.a. Butenes, Butylene) refers to a range of linear isomeric olefins (1-butene, cis-2-butene, trans-2-butene). It a colorless, flammable mixture, insoluble in water, but soluble in most organic compounds. The isomers hardly occur naturally and have been known since the end of the nineteenth century. They are usually coproduced as a single mixture and are formed as byproducts of petroleum cracking for gasoline manufacture or catalytic dehydrogenation of butanes. For this reason, butenes production grew rapidly with the growth of cracking processes.
Butenes are usually stored and transported as pressurized liquids in steel cylinders, steel drums, road tankers, pressure gas tank wagons and tank containers. They can also be transported in pipelines or barged.
Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of Butene are listed below.
- Ethylene (dimerization process),
- Propylene (metathesis, coproduced with ethylene),
- Thermal refining process, butenes is a byproduct
The uses and applications of Butene may vary according to its specification. The main forms of Butene are technical grade (95% minimum purity); chemically pure (CP, 99% minimum purity); and research grade (99.4% for 1-butene, 99.8% for cis-butene-2 and 99.9% for trans-butene-2).
