MTBE Price Trends & India Market Outlook

Asian MTBE: Singapore market strengthens as crude firms / China exports Sep-Oct loading cargoes / Domestic prices see near-term support

Jun 24, 2026

Asian MTBE FOB Singapore up $5.26/mt day over day at $659.58/mt Aug. 15, and a cash differential of plus $1.49/b to FOB Singapore 92 RON gasoline Mean of Singapore Strip (15-40 days). At 4:30 pm Singapore time (0819 GMT), the ICE October Brent futures contract was up 52 cents/b from the previous close at $66.33/b, as investors eyed the outcome of the US-Russia meeting to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine. Trading momentum in the FOB China market was heard to have been thin during the week ended Aug. 15 as prices in the energy complex softened week over week. Around 30,000 mt of FOB China trades were heard concluded during the week ended Aug. 15, for cargoes loading in September and first-half October. Some market sources said the trade level...

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