Christopher FerrellManaging editor, Americas olefins and polymers
Chris Ferrell leads the Houston-based Americas olefins and polymers team and covers the US polyethylene market.
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Chris Ferrell leads the Houston-based Americas olefins and polymers team and covers the US polyethylene market. He has covered polymer markets since joining Platts in 2012, focusing primarily on US domestic and export pricing. He also has covered aromatics and intermediates markets. Chris spent 12 years in the newspaper industry, where he was an award-winning journalist at the San Antonio Express-News and also worked the Houston Chronicle. Prior to joining Platts, Chris worked as an analyst and proposal coordinator for a US Department of Defense contractor.
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Latin America grapples with lack of petrochemical investment
Not far from the Port of Coatzacoalcos in Mexico, a sprawling new petrochemical complex owned by Braskem-Idesa has risen from the ground, poised to help the country minimize its ballooning polyethylene deficit