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In 2013 Crotty was asked by Chair: Do you think it might restrict the extent to which prices might | In 2013 Crotty was asked by Chair: Do you think it might restrict the extent to which prices might | ||
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| − | : My personal view is, yes. That is our biggest worry. But if you look at what is happening in the European market today, prices are rising inexorably. For producers of chemicals or steel, we find ourselves in an increasingly uncompetitive position as a result of those prices. Something needs to happen to address that. We would hope that, at a minimum, it would stop that further rise. I should say, from a chemicals point of view, we must not forget the other aspect of shale gas, which is potentially a key raw material for the chemicals industry, not from its energy content but from its chemical content. That has probably been the most transformational impact of it on the US chemical industry. <ref> | + | : My personal view is, yes. That is our biggest worry. But if you look at what is happening in the European market today, prices are rising inexorably. For producers of chemicals or steel, we find ourselves in an increasingly uncompetitive position as a result of those prices. Something needs to happen to address that. We would hope that, at a minimum, it would stop that further rise. I should say, from a chemicals point of view, we must not forget the other aspect of shale gas, which is potentially a key raw material for the chemicals industry, not from its energy content but from its chemical content. That has probably been the most transformational impact of it on the US chemical industry. <ref> iii HOUSE OF COMMONS Oral Evidence Taken before the Energy and Climate Change Committee on Wednesday 16 January 2013 THE IMPACT OF SHALE GAS ON ENERGY MARKETS, WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 2013, PAUL SPENCE, TOM CROTTY, MARTIN PIBWORTH and PETER PARSONS, [[JOHN HAYES]] MP, SIMON TOOLE and CHRIS BARTON, Evidence heard in Public, Questions 219-340 </ref> |
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Revision as of 04:08, 5 May 2014
Tom Crotty is the external affairs director of Ineos UK, previously Chief Executive Officer of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe.
Views
In 2013 Crotty was asked by Chair: Do you think it might restrict the extent to which prices might otherwise rise in the European market?
- My personal view is, yes. That is our biggest worry. But if you look at what is happening in the European market today, prices are rising inexorably. For producers of chemicals or steel, we find ourselves in an increasingly uncompetitive position as a result of those prices. Something needs to happen to address that. We would hope that, at a minimum, it would stop that further rise. I should say, from a chemicals point of view, we must not forget the other aspect of shale gas, which is potentially a key raw material for the chemicals industry, not from its energy content but from its chemical content. That has probably been the most transformational impact of it on the US chemical industry. [1]
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- ↑ iii HOUSE OF COMMONS Oral Evidence Taken before the Energy and Climate Change Committee on Wednesday 16 January 2013 THE IMPACT OF SHALE GAS ON ENERGY MARKETS, WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY 2013, PAUL SPENCE, TOM CROTTY, MARTIN PIBWORTH and PETER PARSONS, JOHN HAYES MP, SIMON TOOLE and CHRIS BARTON, Evidence heard in Public, Questions 219-340
