Mr. Kevin Boyle
Consultant, KEVIN L BOYLE
Member of the Industrial Council
Council Member Biography
Kevin Boyle has been an Independent Consultant over nine years, having more than 30 years of management experience in petrochemicals, plastics, refining and natural gas liquids (NGL). Mr. Boyle focuses on commodity chemicals including ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene, xylene and their derivatives, like plastics, and NGL's. In the refining area, he has built refinery models of existing facilities, economic models, and refinery optimization models. Mr. Boyle's expertise is in cost economics, due diligence, prices, forecasting, modeling, contract analysis, costs, hedging, trading strategies, market analysis and research. In the past, he worked for Occidental for fifteen years, in market analysis for Koch Industries, founding management of CheMatch.com, an online trading site, and CMAI in their single client practice. In addition, Mr. Boyle serves as an expert witness, provided litigation support in energy and trading, for both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Boyle holds a BS in Chemistry and an MBA. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2003 - Unspecified
- Consultant, KEVIN L BOYLE
- 2002 - 2003
- Vice President, Lukins Energy Group
- 2000 - 2002
- Senior Consultant, Chemical Marketing Research Associates
- 1999 - 2000
- Vice President, CHEMATCH.COM, INC
- 1997 - 1999
- Director, Market Analysis, KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC.
- 1983 - 1997
- Manager, Commercial Information, OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, TX
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Kevin Boyle
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Ethane looks even better for petrochemicals in the long run
November 4, 2011
Another Oil Shock? | www.mckinseyquarterly.com
McKinsey poses a scenario where crude oil rises to $125 to $175 per barrel, forcing fundamental structural changes. One of those changes is reduced consumption of oil in petrochemical production. This is more good news for additional ethane-based petrochemical capacity.
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The Startup That's Working On a Real Petrochemical Game-Changer
October 5, 2011
Ethylene Production Technology | www.technologyreview.com
A startup called Siluria has developed catalysts that can convert methane (natural gas) directly and selectively to ethylene. The technology is said to be a vast improvement over the existing MTO (methane to olefins) technology, which is expensive and not very selective. If economically viable, this technology would have a significant impact on both the ethylene industry and stranded gas.
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New Wave of Ethylene Crackers -- This Won’t Happen
July 7, 2011
POLL FINDINGS: Industry forecasts wave of new North America crackers by 2020 | www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com
Hydrocarbon Processing conducted a poll with results finding that 77% of respondents think four or more new ethylene crackers will be built by 2020. An amazing 31% think eight or more will be built. This won’t happen!
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Demand Destruction of Butadiene
June 29, 2011
Asia tyre makers may opt to switch to NR on spiking BR prices | www.icis.com
The reduction in SBR in tire formulations probably represents real demand destruction for butadiene as the minimization has been in place for years. The reduction in butyl rubber could represent further real demand destruction for butadiene. However, this is still flexible, depending on prices. It is not easy to add supply of natural rubber as you have to wait for a tree to grow. Therefore, the give/take of butyl rubber versus natural rubber may go on for some time.
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Butadiene Continues to be Too Tight
June 15, 2011
US Goodyear declares force majeure on SBR | www.icis.com
The butadiene problem is endemic in the U.S. Crude C4 is produced as a coproduct of ethylene when heavier feedstocks are cracked. The easy availability of relatively cheap ethane, enhanced by the new shale gas has driven feedstock slates to ethane, producing very little crude C4 for processing into butadiene.
GLG Study Groups with Kevin Boyle(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| Adhesive and Sealant Experts | 611 |
| Drilling Rig Experts | 464 |
| Natural Gas Experts (North America) | 326 |
| Rubber Experts | 193 |
| Tire Experts: Automotive Industry Consultants | 185 |
GLG Live Meetings with Kevin Boyle(?)
Recent Seminars
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January 22, 2008 | New York
GLGi: Petrochemical Industry Overview
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