Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. For most Mexicans, the word “gas” is not associated with natural gas, but with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a fuel used in…
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U.S. NGL Plant Output Set Record in 2017 and More Growth to Come, EIA Says
U.S. natural gas liquids (NGL) production from plants set a record in 2017, averaging 3.7 million b/d and has nearly doubled since 2010, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a research note Tuesday.
Rex Energy Signs Deal to Sell INEOS More Appalachian NatGas Liquids
Rex Energy Corp. said Monday that it has reached an agreement with INEOS Europe AG to sell the petrochemical company ethane, propane and butane for its overseas facilities, making it the latest Appalachian producer to sign a deal to send U.S. shale gas abroad.
Rex Energy Signs Deal to Sell INEOS More Appalachian NatGas Liquids
Rex Energy Corp. said Monday that it has reached an agreement with INEOS Europe AG to sell the petrochemical company ethane, propane and butane for its overseas facilities, making it the latest Appalachian producer to sign a deal to send U.S. shale gas abroad.
Two Gulf Coast Projects Planned to Export More LPG
Shale-driven natural gas liquids (NGL) supplies are pushing midstream companies to pursue additional capacity to export propane and/or butane from the Gulf Coast. Two new projects would offer combined loading capacity of 36,000 bbl per hour for export.
Raymond James: Ethane Challenge Looms in the Marcellus
The Marcellus Shale could hold as much as 500 Tcf of natural gas, according to some. That gas is conveniently close to markets in the Midwest and Northeast; however, the natural gas liquids (NGL) associated with some Marcellus production are far from what is considered to be their ideal home, namely the U.S. Gulf Coast. And that’s a problem, analysts have noted lately.