Top 10: The best of Trader’s Corner 2024

December 23, 2024 By Brian Richesson

As another year comes to a close, we present the top Trader’s Corner articles of 2024, ranked by page views.

This article is tagged with crude oil, natural gas, propane demand, propane exports, propane inventory, propane prices, propane production, propane supply, Trader's Corner, weather and posted in Blue Flame Blog, Featured

Enterprise recognizes employees for PDH plant turnarounds

November 29, 2024 By Brian Richesson

Enterprise Products Partners has sought to address and increase the reliability and utilization rates for its two propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants.

This article is tagged with Enterprise Products Partners, fractionation, LPG, midstream, natural gas liquids, natural gas processing, pipelines, propane dehydrogenation (PDH), propane exports, propane infrastructure and posted in News, Current Issue, From the Magazine

Surge in propane supply doesn’t eliminate risks in logistics

November 18, 2024 By Brian Richesson

The surge in domestic propane supply ranks among the top trends shaping the propane industry over the past 15 years.

This article is tagged with Pat Hyland, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), propane exports, propane imports, propane inventory, propane prices, propane supply, shale gas, Trader's Corner, Tucker Perkins, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Chart 1: Mont Belvieu - ETR - Sept 2024 through August 2027 (Chart: Cost Management Solutions)

How to minimize the unknowns when pricing propane

September 30, 2024 By Mark Rachal

In this Trader’s Corner, we will try and capture some things we know as propane buyers, some things we may not know now but could, thus reducing the number of unknowns to one.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, financial hedging, financial swaps, Mark Rachal, Mont Belvieu, propane demand, propane exports, propane imports, propane pricing, propane production, propane supply, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Imbalances between propane production, export capacity

September 23, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Export economics are wide open for U.S. propane.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, Mark Rachal, propane exports, propane pricing, propane production, propane traders, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Chart 1: Total U.S. propane imports 2019 forward

Rail strike, big propane export numbers explained

August 26, 2024 By Mark Rachal

In this week’s Trader’s Corner, Mark Rachal covers propane export and import data to contextualize the impact of the Canadian rail strikes.

This article is tagged with Canada, Cost Management Solutions, Mark Rachal, propane exports, propane imports, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Chart 1: Total United States propane/propylene inventory (Chart: Cost Management Solutions)

Propane inventories surpass 90 million barrels

August 19, 2024 By Mark Rachal

For the week ending Aug. 9, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported U.S. propane inventories exceeded the 90-million-barrel mark.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, Mark Rachal, propane exports, propane inventories, propane supply and demand, Trader's Corner, U.S. propane inventory and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Enterprise expanding Houston Ship Channel export facility

August 1, 2024 By Brian Richesson

Enterprise Products Partners is moving forward with an expansion project in response to continued strong demand for natural gas liquids export capacity.

This article is tagged with butane, Enterprise Products Partners, LP gas, midstream, natural gas liquids, propane exports, propane infrastructure, propane terminals, Texas and posted in Current Issue, From the Magazine, News

Chart 1: Total U.S. Propane Exports 2019 Forward

Crude inventory pattern impacts propane prices

July 22, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Propane buyers interested in getting protection against higher prices this winter have been hoping the recent run-up in propane prices would reverse itself and give them an opportunity to obtain that protection at a more favorable price.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, crude inventory, exports, Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast propane inventory, inventory, Mark Rachal, propane exports, propane inventory, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Photo of Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal courtesy of AltaGas Ltd.

AltaGas, Vopak reach final decision on energy export facility

July 16, 2024 By Brian Richesson

AltaGas reached a positive final investment decision with Royal Vopak on the Ridley Island Energy Export Facility, a large-scale LPG and bulk liquids terminal.

This article is tagged with AltaGas, Canada, export terminal, LPG, propane exports, propane infrastructure, rail terminal and posted in Current Issue, From the Magazine, News

TAG: propane exports