Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) are the fastest-growing category of hydrocarbon exports from the United States, with volumes up almost four-fold since 2012. Exports have grown from less than 200,000 barrels per day in 2012 to an average of 743,000 bpd so far in 2015 and as much as 821,000 bpd in July, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. LPG exports include a range of light hydrocarbons ranging from ethane, ethylene, propane and propylene to normal butane, butylene, isobutane and isobutylene which are pressurised for convenient transportation. LPG is produced from natural gas processing plants, condensate splitters and oil refineries and has a wide range of applications from petrochemical feedstocks to motor fuel, grain drying and residential heating and cooking. Unlike […]