User:Kathypcw/Petrochem wire

PetroChem Wire is a daily news and data subscription service covering the US energy and petrochemical markets. It focuses on the natural gas liquids, olefins and polymer markets, including the following products: ethane, propane, butane, natural gasoline, ethylene, propylene, benzene, polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene. It is published daily from the United States.

PetroChem Wire data has been regularly used as a benchmark for ethylene and propylene spot market and contract sales in the United States since February 2008. More than 200 million pounds of spot ethylene traded in 2008 and 2009 using PCW's spot weighted average price. Its readership is around 1,000. It counts every major chemical company among its paid subscribers, as well as global major manufacturing concerns, Wall Street equity analysts and US government agencies, including the US Federal Reserve.

On June 1, 2009, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced that its first petrochemical futures contract, for US ethylene, would settle against the PetroChem Wire’s daily ethylene price data.

PetroChem Wire is frequently quoted in other media for its expertise regarding US olefins and polyolefins markets. PCW has appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Plastics News, Modern Plastics, Lubes ‘n’ Greases and Petroleum Argus.

PetroChem Wire also publishes maps of the US Gulf Coast ethylene and propylene pipeline system, which include petrochemical manufacturing locations and storage assets.

PetroChem Wire is also known as PCW. It is a private Delaware corporation with headquarters in New Jersey.

Corporate history
PetroChem Wire began publishing in July 2007. PCW was founded by Kathy Hall, who is its CEO and Executive Editor. Its private investors include Lawson Energy and The Plastics Exchange. PetroChem Wire's key staff members include VP of Strategy Jay Valanju, Senior Editor Mark Quiner and Sales Manager Cindy Bryan, all based in Texas.