Ethane Data Revisions Highlight Growing Petchem vs Export Competition
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has revised upward its 2024 ethane data, confirming that supply growth was stronger than previously…
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How the NGL Overbuild Benefits Ethane Exports
The industry is on track to overbuild Permian NGL pipelines and LPG export docks, but the excess capacity may prove…
Petchem Industry Grapples With Global Overcapacity
Low margins and excess capacity have led to a reckoning in the global petrochemical industry. Companies in Europe and Asia…
How the NGL Overbuild Benefits Ethane Exports
The industry is on track to overbuild Permian NGL pipelines and LPG export docks, but the excess capacity may prove…
Ethane Projects Face Challenges in Fragmented Global Market
US ethane has quietly powered the next generation of plants feeding the global plastics boom — cheap, abundant and unchallenged.…
A New World Order for Ethane
Ethane exports have resumed to China, but that doesn’t mean the NGL industry will return to business as usual. In…
India Fills Market Void as Ethane Trade Resumes With China
The Trump administration has formally eased restrictions on ethane exports to China, closing out a turbulent chapter for the NGL…
China Deal Could End Ethane Export Restrictions
The Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork to ease restrictions on ethane exports to China. The President last Thursday (June…
Wanted: A Home for Suddenly Stranded Ethane
As the Trump administration clamps down on ethane exports to China, industry is scrambling to find a home for displaced…