Mont Belvieu News

Massive shift to liquids under way, but analysts say it may not move gas prices - Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:34 AM As the leader of the Eagle Ford Task Force, Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter has a good vantage point when it comes to the needs of the burgeoning south Texas play.

The Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy L.P. and Crosstex Energy, Inc. , announced that the Partnership has received sufficient long-term supply commitments to proceed with the construction of its Cajun-Sibon extension, a 130-mile, 12-inch-diameter natural gas liquids, NGL, pipeline.

I have written many times about how natural gas liquids are a more lucrative product compared to methane, or dry gas; a reality that is currently dominating the production agendas of many natural gas companies.

Trucks drive through the countryside near Springville, Pa., a region where hydraulic fracturing is used to extract natural gas from underground.

In a surprising reversal, a 5-cent North American polyethylene price increase that seemed to have faded away in December actually took hold in the market.