Enterprise Products Partners, Anadarko Petroleum and Enbridge Energy Partners announced their plans to build a new natural gas liquids pipeline connecting the Texas Panhandle to propane central, Mont Belvieu, according to a recent FuelFix.com report. Because NGLs like propane can’t be transported through the same pipelines as natural gas, they need their own system. As […]
An Enterprise Products Partners pipeline carrying natural gas liquids leaked approximately 140,000 gallons of fuel into an Iowa section of the Missouri River on Saturday, according to a Reuters report. Enterprise spokesman Rick Rainey said controllers detected a drop in pressure in the pipeline between Nebraska and Iowa early Saturday morning and immediately shut it […]
Yesterday NGL Energy Partners LP announced its new partnership with E. Osterman Propane, Inc. in a move that could place NLG Energy among the top ten retail propane marketers in the country, according to a MarketWatch report. The agreement states that Osterman Propane will contribute all its assets, including cash and common units, to NLG […]
Police forces in Chandigarh, India, arrested seven criminals who have allegedly been systematically stealing residential propane cylinders throughout the city, the Indian Express reported. Propane enjoys widespread popularity in India, where it’s used for cooking, home heating and motor fuel. Occasional shortages and weak regulation have lead to theft, decanting, and questionable distribution methods that […]
With LPG shortages being felt in many parts of the world, many governments have been forced to implement various tactics to try to alleviate the problem. Not only is propane a common home heating fuel, in many places it’s better known as cooking gas and serves as a vital fuel for many everyday appliances. In […]
The Vitol Group, one of the world’s largest independent energy traders, and its subsidiary Coastal Caverns, Inc. (CCI) unveiled plans to build a new propane export facility in Beaumont, Texas, where the company is already developing a large LPG storage plant. Based out of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Vitol trades more than 5.5 barrels of crude […]
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced its plan to expand its operation in propane’s powerhouse town Mont Belvieu, Texas, with a new fractionation facility. Slated to be ready for operation in 2013, administrators expect the new facility will enable Enterprise to fractionate over 450,000 barrels per day at its Mont Belvieu complex alone. “The additional capacity […]
Southcross Energy, a major midstream natural gas gathering, processing and treatment company based in Dallas, announced today it’ll be expanding its liquids-rich production to 335 million cubic feet of gas per day at its South Texas facility. Southcross also plans to build an entirely new processing plant, its largest yet, in Refugio County, while increasing […]
One of the twisters ripping through Oklahoma on Tuesday badly damaged a Devon Energy Corp. natural gas processing plant, interrupting production for what could be several months, the Dow Jones Newswires reported. Despite the property damage, Devon employees counted themselves lucky, as no one was hurt at the facility. Workers were forewarned and camped out […]
Inergy LP, the fourth largest propane dealer in the country, has announced plans to add a 20-mile, 20-inch diameter lateral pipeline in Texas, according to a recent press release from Industrial Info Resources. The new pipeline will transport up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to Copano Energy LLC’s Houston Central […]