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Methanol Global Market Outlook

Live
Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 09:30 and 16:00 BST

The methanol market is experiencing one of its most significant periods of disruption in recent history. Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have reduced production and exports from key suppliers, tightening global availability, driving prices higher and reshaping trade flows. As supply shortages persist and demand weakens in response to elevated costs, market participants face unprecedented uncertainty over pricing, trade and future growth.

Argus experts analyse the key market forces shaping the Methanol Global Market Outlook. They'll assess the outlook for supply, demand and prices, and provide critical insights into how the ongoing Middle East conflict is influencing methanol markets across Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond.

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What we'll cover

Global methanol supply, demand and capacity trends
and the outlook for demand recovery.
Regional demand growth by key derivatives and end-use sectors
including the growing role of marine fuels and developments across China and other major markets.
Methanol price outlooks and market drivers
examining the factors behind recent volatility and what participants can expect in the months ahead.
The European methanol market outlook
including logistical challenges arising from low Rhine water levels, pressures on domestic manufacturing, and developments in the Argus European monthly methanol contract price assessment.
Asia-Pacific market dynamics
with a focus on Chinese demand, derivative growth and regional supply fundamentals.
The impact of Middle East geopolitical tensions on the methanol sector
including supply disruptions, trade flow changes, demand destruction and future market risks.

Why register

  • Learn about the market drivers causing volatility in the methanol price outlook
    Understand what is driving volatility in methanol prices and what to expect in the months ahead
  • Understand global and regional methanol market dynamics
    Experts discuss the key insights impacting the US, Asia Pacific and European methanol markets
  • Get the latest on how the Middle East conflict is impacting the methanol sector
    Learn about the supply disruptions, trade flow changes and demand destruction resulting from geopolitical tensions
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Speakers

Dave McCaskill

Dave McCaskill
VP, Methanol and Derivatives, Argus

Dave is responsible for steering Argus’ methanol and derivatives services. He has 25 years of experience in the petrochemicals sector plus another 24 years of consulting experience, with previous roles in field sales, distribution planning, hydrocarbon purchasing, and manufacturing and operations planning, prior to his consulting career. Dave is responsible for the development and publication of the Argus Methanol Outlook – a monthly publication of forecasted prices in key regions, and the Argus Methanol Analytics – an extensive study of global methanol supply, demand, trade flows and expected capacity additions.

Victoria Baghdijian

Victoria Baghdjian
Head of European Methanol, Argus

Victoria joined Argus in 2020 and is Head of European methanol and MTBE/ETBE markets. She contributes to benchmark spot price assessments, as well as supply and demand analytics for the Argus Methanol and Argus Fuels and Octanes services. Victoria has over ten years’ experience covering the methanol and fuel octanes markets with pricing and consulting firms. She holds MA and MPhil degrees from Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

Becky Zhang

Becky Zhang
Lead Methanol Consultant, Asia, Argus

Becky Zhang has been with Argus for 10 years and is currently Asia Methanol Lead Consultant. She has more than 15 years’ experience in real-time market editorial, mainly in the olefins and methanol markets, and is familiar with volatile chemical market dynamics with broad industry networks across Asia. Becky is a regular presenter at olefins and methanol conferences and forums. She is a chemical engineering graduate from East China University of Science and Technology, and holds two masters’ degrees in Environmental and Energy Engineering from the University of Sheffield and Entrepreneurship from the University of Nottingham.

FAQs

Prices have been driven higher by ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which have reduced production and exports from key suppliers, tightened global availability and reshaped trade flows. Supply shortages and the subsequent demand response to elevated costs are the dominant short-term price drivers.

Middle East geopolitical tensions are driving supply disruptions, trade flow changes, demand destruction and ongoing market risk across the methanol sector. Argus experts quantify these impacts and discuss how long the effects may persist in the live Q&A session.

The Argus European monthly methanol contract price is a monthly benchmark contract price for methanol delivered into Europe, published by Argus. It is referenced by major methanol producers and consumers in European contract settlements and is one of the price assessments discussed in Topic 4 of the webinar.

Low Rhine water levels are creating logistical challenges for European methanol flows and adding pressure on domestic manufacturing. The webinar examines how these constraints interact with the European monthly methanol contract price and buyer behaviour.

Marine fuels are a growing end-use sector for methanol, playing an increasing role in regional derivative demand growth, particularly across China and other major markets. Topic 2 of the webinar covers this growth in detail.

Chinese demand, derivative growth and regional supply fundamentals are central to the Asia-Pacific methanol outlook. Argus analysts cover current Chinese demand signals and the implications for regional and global balances in Topic 5.

Yes — register anyway and Argus will send you a link to the on-demand video once the live sessions have completed.

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