Potential for worldwide natural gas liquid demand fuels Utica and Marcellus projects
Friday, August 5, 2016
Once ethane crackers, facilities and pipelines are completed in the Utica and Marcellus shale region, ethane products will be able to be shipped to markets worldwide.
The Business Journal reports that despite the industry downturn, prospects seem good that there will be an increased demand for NGLs. Pipeline projects such as Sunoco Logistics’ Mariner East 1 and Mariner East 2 are two pipelines that will be used to move Utica and Marcellus shale NGLs to East Coast ports, where they will then be shipped to international markets.
The Mariner East 1 pipeline began accepting ethane in January 2016. Mariner East 2, which will connect fractionators in Scio and Hopedale, Ohio to a Washington County, Pennsylvania, processor. Both the Mariner East 1 and 2 will help to reduce the cost of transporting natural gas liquids to East Coast terminals.
Read more: The Business Journal > LNG Exports Fuel Pipeline Projects in Ohio, Pa.
Related:Â Mariner East 1 transporting ethane, Mariner East 2 to be completed in 2017 – March 12, 2016
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