Though consumers buy gasoline locally, prices for the fuel are largely determined by the global market for crude oil from which it is made. When the price of crude oil in the global market changes — whether due to geopolitical events, fluctuations in crude supply or gasoline demand — prices that consumers pay at the pump change, too.

It’s that time of year again, when basketball fans across the US pin their brackets up on their walls as the nation’s finest college teams battle it out for top honors. But if it wasn’t for petrochemicals, not only would March Madness lose some of its madness, but the sport as we know it today would look very different.

The Annual Meeting is the world’s premier refining meeting, assembling key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining businesses, technology providers, contracting and consulting firms, and equipment manufacturers around the world.

Construction chemicals market is solely driven by the overall building and infrastructural development activities around the globe. Rapidly flourishing construction market in the Asia Pacific, led by China and India, will have a significant impact on the product demand in the forecast span.