Ethane

NGL Price Outlook Bleak, Midstream Consolidation Possible, Says USCA

Analysts with U.S. Capital Advisors LLC (USCA) said natural gas liquids (NGL) prices are still “trying to find a floor,” thanks largely to a more than 60% collapse in propane and butane prices, as propane inventories increase and several midstream companies begin to emerge as takeover targets and acquirers.

July 8, 2015
Marcellus Ethane Exports Set to Begin This Year

Marcellus Ethane Exports Set to Begin This Year

U.S. ethane shipments to Europe are on track to begin later this year, with petrochemical giant INEOS Europe AG last month accepting delivery of the first ship in an eight-vessel fleet that would specialize in the intercontinental deliveries, according to the Energy Information Administration.

June 17, 2015
Marcellus Ethane Exports Set to Begin This Year

Marcellus Ethane Exports Set to Begin This Year

U.S. ethane shipments to Europe are on track to begin later this year, with petrochemical giant INEOS Europe AG last month accepting delivery of the first ship in an eight-vessel fleet that would specialize in the intercontinental deliveries, according to the Energy Information Administration.

June 17, 2015

Appalachian Basin Gains One Ethane Cracker Project, But Loses Another

A day after an Asian partnership said it has selected an undisclosed location in Belmont County, OH, for a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker, it was confirmed that a pair of South American companies would put on hold plans for a similar project in West Virginia.

April 23, 2015

Appalachian Basin Gains One Ethane Cracker Project, But Loses Another

A day after an Asian partnership said it has selected an undisclosed location in Belmont County, OH, for a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker, it was confirmed that a pair of South American companies would put on hold plans for a similar project in West Virginia.

April 23, 2015

U.S. to Remain Leading Petrochemical Feedstock Supplier For Decades, Say Experts

U.S. midstream operators should keep their eyes on a long-term view of the markets and less on the current commodity prices because the country will remain one of the biggest natural gas liquids (NGL) suppliers for decades, according to industry experts.

April 17, 2015

U.S. to Remain Leading Petrochemical Feedstock Supplier For Decades, Say Experts

U.S. midstream operators should keep their eyes on a long-term view of the markets and less on the current commodity prices because the country will remain one of the biggest natural gas liquids (NGL) suppliers for decades, according to industry experts.

April 17, 2015

ATEX Expected to Return to Service by Friday

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) said Wednesday that repairs on its Appalachia-to-Texas Express (ATEX) ethane pipeline, which ruptured Jan. 26, are complete and that it expects the 1,265-mile line to be back in full-service on Friday.

February 12, 2015

Ohio Valley Ethane Pipeline Still Shut After Xmas Eve Fire

Williams Partners LP’s Ohio Valley Ethane Pipeline is still out of service as the company assesses damage from a fire that broke out at a metering station on Christmas Eve in southwest Pennsylvania, a company spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.

December 30, 2014

India’s Reliance Contracts for U.S. Ethane

India’s Reliance Industries has agreed to procure 1.5 million metric tons per year of ethane from the United States to produce ethylene at a new cracker in India, according to press reports.

August 21, 2014