NGL Export Benchmarking
Benchmarking and forward-looking analytics on U.S. and Canadian Ethane and LPG export flows, terminal capacity, and global competitiveness
Report Frequency: Quarterly
The United States has become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied petroleum gas, with propane and butane cargoes loading daily from U.S. and Canadian terminals and finding destinations across Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The competitiveness, timing, and logistics of U.S. and Canadian LPG exports are increasingly important variables for producers, midstream operators, traders, and buyers who are evaluating cargo economics, infrastructure investment, and long-term supply strategy.
Enkon’s ethane and LPG export analysis provides a comprehensive, view of U.S. and Canadian LPG export activity — integrating terminal utilization, pricing, freight, and destination market analytics into a single advisory framework that moves beyond vessel counts to explain what the data means for markets.
❓Who is this for?
Our LPG Export product is differentiated by its full supply-chain view — connecting Permian and Appalachian wellhead production, Mont Belvieu fractionation, and Gulf Coast loading schedules into a coherent export analytics package that tells the story from production to destination.
📔Key Deliverables and Features
▸ Terminal throughput tracking — throughput volumes by export terminal (Enterprise, Targa, Sunoco, Ferndale, etc.) and by product (ethane, C3+)
▸ U.S. Purity Supply-Demand Balance and Outlook – provide 10-year supply demand outlook for ethane, propane and butane.
▸ International Netback Economics — Mont Belvieu propane/butane export netbacks vs. Asia, Europe, and Latin America destinations
▸ Freight rate integration — VLGC spot and TC freight rates incorporated into export economics models
▸ Ethane and LPG terminal capacity & expansion tracker — permitted, under-construction, and announced export terminal expansions with timeline analysis
▸ Supply-to-export pipeline linkages — mapping NGL production growth to export capacity headroom and potential bottlenecks
▸ U.S. vs. Canada export competitiveness — unit-cost comparisons between Gulf Coast, Pacific Northwest, and Canadian LPG export routes
🗺️Regions Covered
▸ U.S. Gulf Coast
▸ U.S. East Coast
▸ Canada/U.S. West Coast
Our LPG Export product is differentiated by its full supply-chain view — connecting Permian and Appalachian wellhead production, Mont Belvieu fractionation, and Gulf Coast loading schedules into a coherent export analytics package that tells the story from production to destination.
