§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy, as a petrochemical feedstock for the United Kingdom industry, what are the comparative costs of naphtha and ethane.
§ Mr. GrayThe latest available information on the price of naphtha sold by United Kingdom refiners as petrochemical feedstock was contained in the reply to my hon. Friend's question on 1 February 1980.—[Volume 977, c. 795–6.]
There is no open market for ethane; sales are made on a specific basis and prices reflect the circumstances of the particular case.