U.S. gas plant production of propane is up 25% since early 2011, far above growing volumes of ethane, held to only an 8% rise by rejection economics. As propane supplies have surged, prices have come down hard…. But not nearly as hard as would have been the case if it were not for rapidly increasing exports. And where are all these barrels going? That’s right. In a conga line of ships headed to Latin America where the growth in imports from the U.S. into some countries has been off the scale. Which countries are taking all this propane? How long can this go on? How much dock capacity does the U.S. need? What could derail this development? Today we begin a blog series to explore these questions.