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Fly Me to the Moon - Ethane Prices Rocket into Space, then Crash to Earth on Tuesday. What Happened?
... of natural gas was up about 15% over the same period. But that increase was nowhere near ethane’s, so it was ... contributing factors behind this wild ride. Ethane Market For those who are not steeped in NGLs and petchem feedstocks, ... ethane from U.S. suppliers. Because ethane molecules can be sold as natural gas, the price of ethane tends to be ...
Todd Root - Published July 25, 2023
Taylor Noland For years, oil and gas companies struggled to win over ... behind, and the importance of, the improved credit ratings that resulted from this massive wave of consolidation. ... In other words, it’s a win-win situation. Companies can keep growing and investors can earn larger returns. But ...
Taylor Noland - Published July 16, 2023
... year and a half, to record-shattering levels, and demand for the dense, slippery hydrocarbon, with its minimal sulfur ... of Gulf Coast refineries want as much of the stuff as they can get their hands on because of its desirable qualities. ... in today’s RBN blog. Regular readers of our blogs know that we have a soft spot for quirky hydrocarbons — ethane, ...
Housley Carr - Published February 20, 2023
Jason Lindquist A simple problem can be solved with a simple solution, but more complex ... nuanced approach, often using a combination of strategies. That’s the case with plans to mitigate methane emissions, ... of previously unregulated gas-gathering pipelines for the first time. There are six major directives outlined ...
Jason Lindquist - Published November 3, 2022
... terminal poised to come online nearby, and Canadian demand for propane holding steady, something has to give, right? ... export market for its excess propane supplies: the U.S. That changed 15 months ago, when AltaGas and Vopak’s ... Recovery scenario that all forms of demand and exports can be met (lime-green line is higher than the stacked ...
Martin King - Published August 3, 2020
... Energy announced two deals totaling $2.825 billion that will almost complete its planned departure from the ... bought basin assets held by Japan’s INPEX. (How’s that for multi-national M&A?) In today’s RBN blog, we discuss ... from a money-making perspective, wells in South Texas can still be cash cows; and (3) that the Eagle Ford is only a ...
Housley Carr - Published March 12, 2023
... diesel fuel. Recently, HollyFrontier Corp. announced that it will be converting its decades-old Cheyenne, WY, ... shutdown and transformation of an existing refinery for this purpose marks only the second time this has occurred ... it to function as a “drop-in” fuel, which means it can be transported by pipeline and be blended with ...
Amy Kalt - Published July 6, 2020
... natural gas supplies, or feedgas, is required to produce that much LNG, but feedgas demand has averaged just 10.5 ... and fire in June, and now Cove Point LNG, which shut for annual maintenance October 1. Beyond those outages, which ... ), which is trying to replace as much Russian gas as it can ahead of, during and beyond this winter. Figure 1. U.S. ...
Lindsay Schneider - Published October 9, 2022
... than half the world’s liquefaction capacity among them. For now, Australia holds the top position but its capacity ... construction in the U.S. and elsewhere are expectations that rising global gas demand will make more liquefaction ... measured growth of the moment show how rapidly momentum can shift. Even with its advantages of scale, proximity to ...
Bob Tippee - Published December 27, 2021
... This year there’s been unprecedented forward momentum for LNG development. Since 2022 began, two U.S. projects have ... investment decision (FID), with a third expected to reach that milestone in early 2023. Offtakers have committed to 38 ... low-hanging fruit, a little bit of extra capacity that can largely fit into the existing and under-construction ...
Lindsay Schneider - Published December 26, 2022
... Standard (LCFS) is one of the longest-running programs for carbon intensity (CI) reduction targeting the ... In Part 1 , we provided an overview of various policies that have been adopted and are being discussed to reduce GHG ... Intensity Values. Sources: CARB, Baker & O‘Brien Credits can also be generated by implementing projects at refineries ...
Amy Kalt - Published April 27, 2021
... With 60,000 or so ships in service, they account for an estimated 2.8% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) ... through E), whereby vessels with a CII rating below a C (that is, D or E) for a specified period must take steps to ... the recycling of the least-efficient vessels. So how can ship owners comply with the ever-tightening CII ...
Richard Pratt - Published August 2, 2023
... most closely watched indicators in the U.S. gas market. That makes sense, given that these numbers provide important ... and economics of storage itself. Who uses gas storage, and for what purposes? What are the value drivers for a storage ... advantage over depleted-reservoir storage, namely that gas can typically be injected into and withdrawn from it more ...
Housley Carr - Published August 22, 2021
... leave power generators in the six-state region gasping for more gas. Now, with only minimal expansions to New ... been enough cold days and nights to serve as a reminder that while New England has sufficient gas pipeline capacity ... needs for most of the year, its pipeline network can max out when the weather turns Siberian. When that ...
Housley Carr - Published January 7, 2019
... up to 112 c/gal before the holiday weekend and held at that level through Tuesday, an increase of about 21 c/gal or ... To put that in perspective, that’s the highest price for propane since April 2014, back when crude oil was over ... market and, in a blatant advertorial, describe how you can keep up with this rapidly moving market with RBN’s new ...
Rusty Braziel - Published July 7, 2021
... last bastions of coal country in the broader Northeast. That dual reality makes it one of the remaining pockets in the region where there is significant potential for upside in natural gas demand for power generation. Gas ... Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Maryland and Delaware) — you can see that while power burn has climbed in just about ...
Katharine Fraser - Published March 14, 2019
... RINs work in light of the RIN being a tax and a subsidy that forces renewables into fuels. In today’s RBN blog, we ... related question: Do RINs increase the price consumers pay for gasoline? So far in this blog series, we have been ... price of BOB includes the RIN tax (0.10 $/gal), then we can back into the BOB price without the RIN tax by ...
George Hoekstra - Published July 28, 2022
... Braziel Here’s an idea. Let’s start up a new company that does energy market fundamentals linked to rock & roll ... insights. Keep the quality top notch. Then give it away for free! Sound crazy? Maybe so. But that’s how RBN ... specifically what did it prohibit. Well, it says I can’t sell data and reports. And then he asked the fateful ...
Rusty Braziel - Published January 23, 2022
... It was clear about one other thing too, namely that more was already in the works. And sure enough, the ... that the actual level (and sources) of methane emissions can be hard to accurately identify and quantify, mostly ... 2021 to bolster the NSPS and establish regulations for existing facilities as well. That’s where the EPA’s ...
Jason Lindquist - Published December 28, 2022
... legalization of the “wacky weed”, but rather the high that the rush of light crudes is bringing to the refining ... grant the Rockies their very own Petroleum Administration for Defense District – PADD IV – one of the five such ... the Bakken are expected from the North Dakota side. As you can see, in this outlook most of the volume growth is coming ...
John Auers - Published July 6, 2014