NGL & LPG
EVs vs LPG-Fueled Cars: Can LPG Be Part of a Zero-Emission Future?
With the automotive industry under immense pressure to reduce emissions and meet stringent regulatory targets amid stiff global competition, alternative...
NGL & LPG, Propane
Propane Prices and the Mont Belvieu Market
While you’re flipping burgers in your backyard on the grill, take a few minutes to think about your propane tank...
NGL & LPG
Poland Market Push Towards Renewable LPG
The need for the global adoption of renewable liquified petroleum gas (LPG) is becoming increasingly apparent, as the fuel may...
NGL & LPG
LPG Trade in Europe: How Sanctions and U.S. Supply Are Shaping 2024
OPIS joins the European Liquid Gas Congress June 18-20, 2024, in Lyon, France, where liquid gas industry leaders will converge...
NGL & LPG
Fueling Change: How LPG Drives the Energy Transition Forward
The term ‘energy transition’ is a hot topic at global climate summits, in the news, and during policy discussions. It...
NGL & LPG
European LPG: Navigating the Energy Transition and Regulatory Market Shift
With the implementation of a European Union ban on Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) transitioning over the next 12 months,...
NGL & LPG
Higher US Propane Exports Key to Offsetting Growing Output in 2024
For much of 2023, the US propane industry dealt with high inventories, strong production and weak demand, and NGL market...
NGL & LPG
Shipowners Eye More LPG Trade in 2024
With export capacity from the US expected to further increase in 2024, shipowners are upbeat about the possibility of more...
NGL & LPG
Interview: Morocco Set to End Decades-Long LPG Subsidies from April 2024
Starting in April 2024, the Moroccan government will end all subsidies on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that have been in...
NGL & LPG
Interview: Italian LPG Association Gears Up for EU 2026 Engine Ban Review
Ahead of the European Union’s ambitious proposal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel internal combustion (IC) engine...
NGL & LPG
Midstream Merger Mania Sees ‘Coastal’ Majors Absorb Landlocked Gatherers
A consolidation frenzy in the midstream sector is seeing integrated majors snap up gathering and processing firms active in America’s...
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
The Only Chart You Will Ever Need to Convert Global NGLs
Anyone working in the gas liquids market knows the need (and hassle) to convert global NGLs. NGLs — a.k.a. ethane, propane,...
NGL & LPG
Most NGLs Exit 2022 at Lower Levels, to Face Bearish Headwinds in 2023
NGLs, like other hydrocarbons, have undergone a metamorphosis in recent years, given wild fluctuations in crude and natural gas prices...
NGL & LPG
NGL or LPG or LNG – Definitions and Common Uses
With all due respect to the Jackson Five, sometimes A-B-C is not easy as 1-2-3. We’re talking NGL or LPG...
NGL & LPG
Shaping the New Norm of Elevated U.S. LPG Exports to Europe
OPIS analysis suggests that protracted robust premiums for natural gas over liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a tightening of supply in...
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
Ukraine’s Fuel Crisis Deepens Amid Logistic Obstacles, Regional Shortages
Ukraine is in the grip of widespread fuel shortages as the country tears itself away from Russian exports, and imports...
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
European Styrene and Benzene’s Six-Month Record Rollercoaster Ride
In January, after a socially-distant holiday season, with many countries announcing further lockdowns amid rising infection rates, the COVID-19 pandemic...
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
Tradition and Rural Belief Systems May Hinder India’s Transition to Clean Cooking Fuels
A key message to emerge from the recent India Energy Forum by CERAWeek was the strong commitment by the Indian...
Biofuels, NGL & LPG, Spot Market
The Multiple Pathways to Fossil-Free BioLPG
The LPG sector is exploring almost a dozen different pathways to usher in a decarbonized “bioLPG” future, however, commercial and...
NGL & LPG
How Will NGL Markets Adapt to the Oil Price War & COVID-19?
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has significantly impacted the mainland Chinese energy markets, and the spread of the virus to...
NGL & LPG
U.S. NGL Prices Forecast to Remain Weak in 2020
The price of propane and other U.S. natural gas liquids (NGL) is expected to remain under pressure in 2020.
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
What Is EP Mix? NGL Uses & Pricing
EP Mix is part of the natural gas liquid (NGL) family, with varied uses and a unique trading structure. Get...
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
NGL Price Analysis & Export Outlook
Natural Gas Liquids prices dropped significantly in 2019, opening up opportunities – and challenges – for exports of products such...
Ethane, Ethylene, NGL & LPG
U.S.-China Ethane Exports & Their Impact on Mt. Belvieu NGL Prices
A new petrochemical facility may become a magnet for the first-ever ethane supplies from the U.S. to China.
NGL & LPG
2019 LPG Price Preview for U.S., Europe and Asia
Liquified Petroleum Gases, or LPGs, are byproducts of oil and gas. That means any disruption in the supply equation of...
NGL & LPG, Spot Market
Inside the 2017 Rally: Mont Belvieu Propane & Its Global LPG Reach
It would be a gross understatement to say that shale has changed everything.
Crude oil, Gas & Diesel, Jet fuel, NGL & LPG, Spot Market
Popping the Bubble of Fuel Freight Rates
Crude oil and refined product futures prices have been sliced in half since the oil price renaissance of 2011-14, but...