Record High NGL Exports from Marcus Hook, ET Expanding Facility

Pipeline giant Energy Transfer (ET), owner of the Mariner East Pipeline system, the Marcus Hook NGL terminal, and the Rover pipeline in the Marcellus/Utica region, issued its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 update yesterday. Net income for 4Q23 was $1.57 billion, up 9% from 4Q22’s $1.44 billion. However, net income for 2023 was $5.29 billion,…

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LNG Vessels Transiting Panama Canal Must Use Auction for Time Slots

Three weeks ago, MDN warned you about delays with LPG (propane) and LNG ships transiting the Panama Canal (see Drought Along Panama Canal Causing Delays in Propane, LNG Exports). According to the Panama Canal Authority (APC), water levels at Gatún Lake are the lowest since at least 1995 due to an extended dry season and…

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Propane #1 Most Exported U.S. Petroleum Product First Half 2023

Although we have a companion story from today’s lineup that criticizes the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for its powers to predict the future (see EIA Consistently Underestimates NatGas Needed for Power Generation), the EIA is unparalleled in its tracking and reporting of historical energy data. The expert number crunchers of the EIA recently turned…

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PA DEP Considers Plan to Expand ET’s Marcus Hook Ethane Chilling

On February 14, 2022, Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals, L.P. (ETMT) applied to expand the company’s ethane chilling capacity at the Marcus Hook Terminal (MHT) from approximately 75,000 barrels per day (bpd) to approximately 85,000 bpd. Because the facility is located in a so-called Environmental Justice (EJ) area, the DEP is conducting an even more…

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UGI Signals Looking to Sell or Spin-Off AmeriGas Propane Subsidiary

UGI, a diversified energy company with midstream (pipeline) operations in the Marcellus and one of PA’s largest utility companies, is looking to sell or spin off its propane subsidiary into a new company. UGI’s propane subsidiary is AmeriGas, the nation’s largest retail propane marketer, serving nearly 1.3 million customers in all 50 states from approximately…

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How M-U NGLs Get Exported – ET’s Mariner Pipelines & Marcus Hook

NGLs, or natural gas liquids, are an essential revenue stream for Marcellus/Utica drillers in the “wet gas” regions of the play. Those regions are found in southwestern Pennsylvania, the northern panhandle of West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. There are several pipelines that flow M-U NGLs to other regions or to export facilities. Among them is…

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Crude & NatGas Drilling Slowing, Which Affects Propane Supplies

Commodities like oil and natural gas are just about the purest form of free market capitalism on the planet. They… Continue reading The post Crude & NatGas Drilling Slowing, Which Affects Propane Supplies first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA & TX Congressmen Tour Philly’s Marcus Hook NGL Facility

U.S. Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) joined Congressman Troy Nehls (TX-22) for a roundtable discussion and tour of Energy Transfer’s Marcus… Continue reading The post PA & TX Congressmen Tour Philly’s Marcus Hook NGL Facility first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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WVU Researcher Looks for Way to Convert Shale Ethane to Olefins

Natural gas is a booming industry in West Virginia and the United States, accounting for more than 38% of the… Continue reading The post WVU Researcher Looks for Way to Convert Shale Ethane to Olefins first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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$150M Manufacturing Plant Coming to WV, Cites M-U NGLs as Reason

Some exciting news out of West Virginia to share. During last evening’s State of the State address, WV Gov. Jim… Continue reading The post $150M Manufacturing Plant Coming to WV, Cites M-U NGLs as Reason first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Revolution Cryogenic Plant Partially Restarts Following Explosion

Residents living in the vicinity of Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline cryogenic plant in Bulger (Washington County), PA, got a nasty… Continue reading The post Revolution Cryogenic Plant Partially Restarts Following Explosion first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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How New Shell Cracker Affects Ethane/NGL Markets in Northeast

Here in the real world (not the pretend world of leftist radicals who seek to shut down all fossil energy),… Continue reading The post How New Shell Cracker Affects Ethane/NGL Markets in Northeast first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Primer on Propane and Its Relationship to Crude Oil & Natural Gas

From time to time, we write about propane–the “other” NGL produced in the Marcellus/Utica “wet gas” region. When M-U drillers… Continue reading The post Primer on Propane and Its Relationship to Crude Oil & Natural Gas first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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FERC Aggressively Expands Enforcement, Fines Utica NGL Pipe $30K

God help you if you are a midstream company that has to wade through the mountain of federal regulations and… Continue reading The post FERC Aggressively Expands Enforcement, Fines Utica NGL Pipe $30K first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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NGL Pipelines Now on the Way As Shale Revolution Continues!

Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Three NGL pipelines now in the works will make a big difference in the ability of the industry to move Marcellus-Utica shale gas products to the outside world.] We’re always jazzed when we unearth information related to the Marcellus/Utica nobody else has yet discovered

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