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West Coast NGLs – The Wild West of Natural Gas Liquids Markets

The West Coast natural gas liquids (NGL) market is an island unto itself. Unlike the world east of the Rockies where pipelines link together producing and consuming regions, the West Coast NGL market is marooned except for rail tank cars and a few waterborne cargos.  It is a fiercely independent market with its own unique players playing their own ballgame.  But like the rest of the NGL world, big changes are rippling through that market.  Today we begin a series looking at those changes and how West Coast NGLs are likely to evolve over the next few years.