• Ethane Prices Improve

  
  
  Ethane prices picked up this week as light NGLs showed greater strength, if not higher values, than their heavy counterparts for the second straight week at both Mont Belvieu and Conway.
  - May. 17 2012
  
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  NGL Prices, Margins Continue Downward Spiral

  
  
  NGL prices continued to fall for the eighth straight week at both Conway and Mont Belvieu as limited transportation and cracking capacity, increased processing capacity and falling crude oil prices are having negative effects on the market.
  - May. 14 2012
  
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  TPH: NGL Production To Outpace Crude, Gas

  
  
  Natural gas liquids (NGL) and crude oil production has been the savior for shale play producers since the downturn in natural gas prices.
  - May. 4 2012
  

• NGL Prices Fail To Grow At Same Rate As Gas, Crude Prices

  
  
  Natural gas liquid (NGL) prices remained relatively stable as the month of April came to a close.
  - May. 3 2012
  

• Ethane Prices Continue To Tumble At Conway

  
  
  Ethane prices moved in opposite directions between Mont Belvieu and Conway as the Gulf Coast price rose 7% while the Mid-Continent price fell 22%, which pushed its frac spread into a negative zone.
  - Apr. 26 2012
  

• Conway Ethane Prices, Margins Continue To Drop

  
  
  Natural gas liquid (NGL) prices improved at Mont Belvieu, but were down slightly at Conway as crude prices and demand remains flat.
  - Apr. 19 2012
  
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  Enterprise, Anadarko, DCP To Build DJ Basin NGL Pipeline

  
  
  Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD), Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) and DCP Midstream LLC announced a joint venture to build the 435-mile Front Range natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline in the DJ basin.
  - Apr. 13 2012
  

• Propane, Ethane Prices Continue To Fall

  
  
  Ethane prices fell at both hubs this week due to several ethane crackers remaining down because of scheduled maintenance combined with weak propane prices.
  - Apr. 12 2012
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  Natural Gas, NGL Prices Continue To Fall

  
  
  Natural gas prices continued to drop to their lowest levels in a decade, thanks to a confluence of headwinds facing the industry.
  - Apr. 10 2012
  
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  Propane Prices Increasing Along With Export Demand

  
  
  There is concern that propane could overtake ethane prices as the most preferred petrochemical feedstock due to the propane storage overhang. However, increased propane exports should alleviate this concern.
  - Mar. 29 2012
  

• NGL Prices Relatively Stable As Uncertainty Over Crude Prices Rises

  
  
  Natural gas liquid (NGL) prices were relatively flat this past week as they followed crude oil prices, which have been in a holding pattern the last two weeks.
  - Mar. 22 2012
  
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  NGL Prices, Margins Improve As Gas Prices Plunge

  
  
  The gap between dry gas prices and natural gas liquids (NGL) prices continued to widen this week, while gas prices fell at both hubs.
  - Mar. 19 2012
  

• Isobutane Prices, Margins Increase As Alkylation Units Come Back Online

  
  
  Natural gas liquids (NGL) prices and frac spread margins made gains the week of Feb. 29 as prices continued to stabilize and rebalance. Frac spread margins also benefitted from the continued depression of natural gas prices.
  - Mar. 9 2012
  

• Uncertainty Over Crude Prices Helps Increase Heavy NGL Prices

  
  
  Ethane prices continued to improve this week as the market prepared for scheduled maintenance turnarounds for several large fractionators in the Gulf Coast this spring.
  - Mar. 2 2012
  
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  Fractionator Turnaround Plans Help Improve Ethane Prices

  
  
  Ethane prices rebounded at both hubs this week on the back of the news that ConocoPhillips’ Gulf Coast Fractionators ONEOK Partners’ Mont Belvieu fractionator will undergo maintenance in April and May.
  - Mar. 1 2012
  

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