ETI Blog Posts in Category: International LPG Shipments
12/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Flat as Winter Heating Season Reaches Full Swing; Energy Transport Insider’s Top 10 Transport Topics of 2018/2019; One Model to Estimate the Edmonton LPG Hub’s Tank Car Loading Volume; and more . . .
12/10/2018 | LTN LLC
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Tank Car Sublease Rates Steady; Alberta Mandates Crude Output Curbs and Looks to Buy Crude Tank Cars; Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Rise 5.17%; and more . . .
12/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Tank Car Sublease Rates Unchanged, but Market Participants Watchful; Winter Plan Designed to Keep CN’s Traffic Moving in 2018-2019; and more . . .
11/19/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Continue to Climb as Players Ponder Elevated Levels; LPG by Rail Insight: Longer Length of Hauls in 2018 Contributed to Increased Pressure Tank Car Demand; CN Lists Edmonton, Sarnia Facilities Covered by LPG Emb
11/12/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Tank Car and DOT-117 Sublease Rates Higher, If You Can Get ‘Em; Energy Transfer Partners Reiterates Q4 2018 Target for ME2 Open; Edmonton, Awash in Butane, Triggers CN Embargo on Empty Tank Cars; NTSB Outlines Issues Contributing to Se
11/05/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Trade Sideways, GP Rates Firm; KCS Sees Congestion in Northern Mexico; AltaGas Set to Load First Exports Out of RIPET in 2Q 2019; and more . . .
10/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Stay Strong as Cars Remain Hard to Find; Blackline’s Providence Terminal Buy to Make Company Dominant Propane Supplier to New England; Sunoco Spokeswoman Says ME2 Project on Target for 2018 Opening; Refiner
10/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Stay Strong as Cars Remain Hard to Find; Blackline’s Providence Terminal Buy to Make Company Dominant Propane Supplier to New England; Sunoco Spokeswoman Says ME2 Project on Target for 2018 Opening; Refiner
10/22/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease at Top of Range; GP and LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates at Levels Not Seen Since 2013-2014; LPG Marine Terminals . . . and Modal Diversion; and more . . .
10/15/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI Featured Article: Gas Producers Flush with Y-Grade, Looking at Tank Cars as Transport Option
10/15/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Steady; Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Slip 1.3% in Sept.; Shipping Y-grade by Rail Easier Said than Done; Canada Exported 48,000 b/d of LPG by Rail to Mexico in July – Sener; and more . . .
10/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI Featured Article: Wide North-South Propane, Butane Arb Fuels LPG Tank Car Sublease Rally
10/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Jump as ME2 Misses Open Date; Scotford Yard Upgrades Intended to Improve LPG Traffic and more . . .
10/04/2018 | Clifton Linton
UP Issues Embargo Laredo, Texas KCSM Interchange - Most Petroleum Traffic Exempted
10/02/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Tank Car Sublease Markets See Mixed Week: LPG Car Supply Remains Tight; AltaGas’ RIPET’s 40,000 b/d Capacity Is Full, 1Q2019 Open Targeted; ONEOK Announces Additional NGL Fractionation and Pipeline Capacity; ETI SPECIAL REPORT: What’s the
10/02/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
AAR's Hamberger Says Private Freight Railroad "Pleased" with NAFTA Agreement
09/26/2018 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas Fills RIPET's Capacity As it Buys 50% of Black Swan Aitken Creek Gas Processing Plants
09/24/2018 | LTN LLC
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Hold Strong; Gas Producers Flush with Y-Grade, Looking at Tank Cars as Transport Option; Canada Accelerates CPC-1232 Phase-Out by 17 Months; DOT-111s by 6 Years; LPG Rail Shipments from Western Canada Seein
09/18/2018 | John Hoegemeier
LPG by Rail Insight: Northwest Mexico’s Four Main Propane Terminals All Have Rail Service and Depend on It to Varying Degrees
09/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Stronger Amid Tight Car Supply; GP Tank Car Lease Rates Weaker; Wide North-South Propane, Butane Arb Fuels LPG Tank Car Sublease Rally; No Word Whether Gas Pipeline Explosion or Legislator Objections Will D
09/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Fall on Expectation of ME2 Opening; Strong CBR Demand Keeps DOT-117J Prices Supported; Energy Transport Insider Exclusive: Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Up Over 5% August from July; Early Start to Crop Harvest
09/10/2018 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Expanding LPG Export Capacity at Houston Ship Channel Terminal
09/04/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: LPG Rail Tank Car Sublease Rates Largely Unch, Pipeline Restrictions Still a Consideration; FRA Q2 PTC Update Shows “Significant Improvement” in Adoption Rate; PA Supreme Court Denies Appeals, Leaves Way Clear for Q3 ME2 Target; CN Has a C
08/21/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s TOP NEWS: Near-term LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Higher; Storage Play a Factor in Near-Term Tank Car Sublease Rate Increases; LPG Exports Driving Prince Rupert’s Climb to Canada’s 2nd Largest Port – Part 1
08/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas: RIPET Construction is on-time, on budget; 75% of Terminal’s Supply has been Secured
07/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
Work Remains to be Done at Pembina’s Propane Export Terminal in Prince Rupert; Mid-2020 Opening Targeted
07/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News -- Tank car lease rates flat; Pembina's Prince Rupert Propane Export Terminal Update, Permian Will Need CBR for a While and more . . .
07/24/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Energy Transport Firms See Cooling Interest in Mexico Post Election
07/23/2018 | Clifton Linton
Top news from ETI: Short-term LPG tank car supply tight, DOT-117Rs, Mexico Outlook and more
07/17/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
ETI’s Takeaways from MARS – Lessors Becoming Main Railcar Suppliers; Outlook for New Investment in Mexico Energy Transportation Could Dim
07/16/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News -- Tank car lease rates mixed; Ferndale LPG Exports, CN's Scotford Plans
07/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
CN Making Western Canada Track Improvements to Prince Rupert -- an ETI Photo Story
07/07/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top News - Tank car sublease rates generally higher, CP Inks Labor Deal with IBEW and more
07/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI's Top news: tank car lease rates, Canada's cannabis conundrum, Syncrude outage and more
06/21/2018 | Clifton Linton
Western Canada Still Working on Getting Energy to Market -- Themes as to how that could happen
06/19/2018 | Clifton Linton
Crossing Canada's Prairie
06/18/2018 | Clifton Linton
Getting a sense of Calgary
06/14/2018 | Clifton Linton
Phillips 66 to Expand Sweeny Hub with 300,000 BPD of New Fractionation Capacity
06/14/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
UPDATED 6/15/18 PUC Allows Mariner East 1 to Resume Ops; ME2, ME2X Work Remains Halted
06/11/2018 | Clifton Linton
I’m headed to Canada. Bears were my big concern. Not any more after the G-7.
05/31/2018 | Clifton Linton
Headline You Need to Read: PA State Senator Vows to Fight Appeal of PA PUC Order of Shutdown of ME2, ME1
05/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
As Rail-worker Strike Continues, CP Rail Issues Force Majeure for Canadian Ops
05/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise and Navigator Announce Location of Ethylene Export Terminal; Begin Construction
05/25/2018 | Clifton Linton
PA Admin Law Judge Orders Halt to ME1 Shipments and ME2, ME2X Construction
05/24/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
AAR Sees PTC as Priority to Cut Human Error; Cybersecurity Noted as “Challenge,” but Not “Obstacle”
05/24/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Tank Car Market Update: Despite Phaseout Deadlines, No Rush to Scrap DOT-111 Rail Tank Cars
05/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider Exclusive: Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Slip in April from March
05/17/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI LPG Storage Intentions Survey—2: Propane Storage Intentions Less Urgent, More “Strategic”
05/17/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Tank Car Sublease Levels Mostly Range bound; Congestion Seen in Some Areas
05/10/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
PA DEP Stoppage of Mariner East 2 Remains in Place after Public Hearing
05/10/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Longer-Term Tank Car Sublease Levels Inch Higher as Market Adjusts
05/10/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Opening Pushed Back to 3Q 2018
05/03/2018 | Clifton Linton
Midstream Firms Hold Open Seasons for Texas Express, Front Range NGL Pipelines
04/26/2018 | John Hoegemeier
Carload Analysis Shows Which Class 1 Railroads Lead in LPG-by-Rail Cargoes
04/18/2018 | Clifton Linton
Unions Send Strike Notice to CP Rail Even as Bargaining Continues; RR Prepares to Shut Down
04/12/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
ETI 5 Questions: 4J Energy’s Jay Harbison on Expected Changes in Energy Transport
03/29/2018 | Clifton Linton
Cold Weather Forecast Has CP Rail Extending Winter Operating Restrictions -- Shorter, Slower Trains
03/22/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Approaching LPG Supply Contract Season Puts Rail Industry on Watch for Bargains
03/16/2018 | Clifton Linton
CN Expects Train Speeds to Rise in March; Railroad Signs CBR Take-or-Pay Deals
03/09/2018 | Clifton Linton
Happy Friday -- the ETI video blog has been updated for the week of Mar. 9
03/08/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Rail Holding its Own as Imminent Pipeline Projects Struggle with Delays
03/08/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Called to Open by End of Second Quarter 2018: Energy Transfer Partners Says
03/07/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
GP Tank Car Sublease Levels Off Only Slightly as Focus on U.S. to Canada Crude Spread Continues
03/05/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
This Week's Headlines
03/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
SWARS: Shipping into Mexico -- KCS’ Tips on How to Keep Rail Shipments Flowing Smoothly
02/27/2018 | Clifton Linton
ME2 Called to Open by End of Second Quarter 2018, Energy Transfer Partners says
02/22/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
KCSM, Avant Energy and Savage to Start Construction on Mexico Petroleum-by-Rail Terminals by Q3 2018
02/22/2018 | John Hoegemeier
Waybill Data Reveals ME2 Opening May Have More Limited Impact on LPG by Rail Than Expected
02/15/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
DEP Lifts Suspension of ME2; Issues $12.6 Million Penalty to Sunoco
02/13/2018 | Clifton Linton
Avant Energy Announces USD$200 Million Investment In Midstream Assets In Mexico
02/08/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Bump in Demand Increasing Crude-by-Rail Moves; U.S. Railroads Are Keeping Up
02/08/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
LPG Tank Car Sublease Levels Hold Steady as Winter Weather Eases
02/01/2018 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider’s Quarterly Report: ME2, CSX Dominate 4Q Headlines; A Mixed Outlook for LPG-by-Rail in 2018
02/01/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
New Tax Law May Encourage International Freight Movement; NAFTA a Wildcard
01/30/2018 | Clifton Linton
ExxonMobil to Triple Permian Production by 2025, Expand Transportation Infrastructure
01/25/2018 | Clifton Linton
ETI’s 5 Questions: Francisco Melo of Bulkmatic de Mexico on Imported LPG Market
01/23/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
U.S., Canadian and Mexican Freight Rail Associations Write Open Letter in Support of NAFTA
01/18/2018 | John Hoegemeier
Western Canadian Propane Exports Could Limit Volumes Available for U.S. Midwest
01/18/2018 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Near-Term LPG Tank Car Sublease Rates Hold Despite Calming Weather
12/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
CSX Roils Rail Industry in 2017 With Remake, Leaves Question Mark for 2018
12/15/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
LPG Tank Car Supply Tightens, Sublease Rates Firm on Winter Heating
12/04/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pembina Pipeline Corp. Board Approves $80 Million to Build Prince Rupert LPG Export Facility
11/23/2017 | Clifton Linton
Blackline’s Newington Expansion Plans Could Boost Terminal’s Role as Regional Supply Source
11/16/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Savage to Open Mexico Petroleum Transloading Terminal in Early 2018
11/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Blackline Partners & TPG Sixth Street Partners Create JV -- Blackline Midstream; Then Buys Sea-3 Inc. and Its Newington Propane Terminal
11/08/2017 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transfer Partners Sets ME2 Opening in 2Q 2018, Announces 6th Frac in Mt. Belvieu
10/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pa. PUC Votes Against Mariner East 2; Pipeline Opening Expected to be Further Delayed
10/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
The ETI video blog has been updated
10/02/2017 | Clifton Linton
Talk of the LPG Industry: Finger Lakes LPG Storage Moves Closer to Reality; Mexico’s Light Winter Propane Orders; Planned Tucson Propane Rail Terminal
10/02/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
San Luis Potosi, Mexico Petroleum Terminal Receiving Diesel, Gasoline, Ethanol
10/01/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Earthquake Impact: Delays Rail Competition Report from Mexico’s Antitrust Regulator; Other Rail Operations Minimally Affected by the Temblor
09/27/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
ETI Briefs: Mexican Regulator COFECE to Give Final Say on Railroad Competition; Grafton & Upton Railroad Rail Propane Terminal Headed for October Open
09/12/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Petroleum Industry Showing Signs of Getting Back on Track After Harvey
09/11/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
G&W, SEACOR Joint Venture to Further U.S. LPG Export Activity to Mexico
09/05/2017 | Clifton Linton
Harvey Lands Body Blow to NGLs; Industry May be on the Ropes for Some Time
09/05/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
KCS, Bulkmatic Form JV to Expand Exports of Liquid Fuels from U.S. to Mexico
08/15/2017 | Clifton Linton
Sunoco Targets 4Q 2017 Open for Mariner East 2 NGL Pipeline, Reaches Settlement with Environmental Groups
08/01/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG Industry Expects Mid-Winter Mariner East 2 Start as Pipeline Construction Hits Snags, Rail Will Still Play a Role in NE Shipments
07/28/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG-by-Rail Washington Outlook: Trickle-Down Theory Meets Challenging Export Market
07/25/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pembina Completes Alberta/BC NGL Pipelines, Frac Expansions; Lays Groundwork for Planned PDH Plant, LPG Export Dock
07/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Loaded LPG Tank Car Moves Slip 2.6% in June from May: Energy Transport Insider Survey
07/10/2017 | Clifton Linton
Energy Transport Insider’s Quarterly Report: Market Unsure How Mariner East 2 Opening Will Play Out
06/27/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
LPG Underground Storage Work Solidifying Mexico’s Hydrocarbons Market
05/22/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG-by-Rail Sector to See Dwindling Long-Haul Moves, Growing Tank Car Glut
05/16/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Too Much Focus on Exports May Lead to Winter ‘17 U.S. Propane Shortage
05/10/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
What Happens When the Sun Comes Up Over a Completed Mariner East II?
04/26/2017 | Clifton Linton
KCSM Tells Regulator: Mexico’s Rail System Faces Stiff Trucking Competition
04/12/2017 | Clifton Linton
Monthly Rail Shipments of Propane Rise in January from December, Normal Butane Moves Slip: DOE
04/03/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Canadian Producers: LPG Prices are going up 10cts/gal. That’s not nice, Eh?
03/27/2017 | Clifton Linton
Mexico Antitrust Regulator Investigating Lack of Competition Among Railroads
03/27/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Thanks to Exports, U.S. Propane/Propylene Inventories See Record Decline This Winter - EIA
03/21/2017 | Clifton Linton
Propane Contract Season Details Start to Solidify: Higher Prices for Product, Shipping Materializing
03/13/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
For Sale: Trammo’s Propane Import Terminal in Newington, New Hampshire
03/09/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Approves Permits for Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 NGL Pipeline
02/27/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
CG Railway Addition of Marine-Rail LPG Shipments to Mexico Taps Growth Area
02/27/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
AltaGas to Develop NGL Facility in Northwest Alberta as Part of Ridley Island Project
02/24/2017 | Clifton Linton
Pembina Says 3rd Frac at Redwater 90% Complete; Expected to Open 3Q 2017 – 4Q earnings highlights
02/24/2017 | Clifton Linton
Enterprise Signs Natural Gas Processing Agreements with Producers from Wyoming’s Green River Basin
01/27/2017 | Christine Marie Nielsen
Propane, Butane Rail Exports from Canada to U.S. Reported Up in Period Ended Dec. 1
01/24/2017 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas Proposes New Natural Gas Processing, Rail Terminal and NGL Plants to Serve Export Terminal
01/17/2017 | Clifton Linton
LPG-by-Rail Outlook Mixed For 2017; Mexico Is Bright Spot, Mariner East 2 To Take Marcellus Shipments
01/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
Last Major Gulf Coast Propane Export Project Done as Phillips 66 Opens Freeport, TX Terminal in Dec.
01/06/2017 | Clifton Linton
AltaGas To Build Propane Export Terminal Near Prince Rupert, BC; In Service By 1Q 2019
12/30/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane, Butane Rail Exports from Canada to U.S. Reported Down in Period Ended Nov. 1
12/23/2016 | Clifton Linton
Propane/Propylene Stocks Fell 3.1 Million BBL to 92.5 Million BBL in Dec. 16 Week: DOE
12/16/2016 | Christine Marie Nielsen
New Brunswick Petroleum Rail Terminal May Include LPG in the Future, Says Company Exec
11/18/2016 | Clifton Linton