
(AGENPARL) – WASHINGTON gio 01 giugno 2023 U.S. ethane exports averaged 537,000 barrels per day (b/d) in March 2023, an all-time high since the United States began exporting ethane nearly a decade ago, according to our May 2023 Petroleum Supply Monthly (PSM). U.S. ethane exports have increased every year since 2014 (when the United States began exporting ethane), except for 2020, when the economic slowdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a slight decrease. As global demand and capacity for ethane as a petrochemical feedstock grows, we expect ethane exports to grow by 4% in 2023 and 5% in 2024, averaging nearly 500,000 b/d by the end of next year. Domestic consumption of ethane has also grown, but we expect growth to slow in 2023 and 2024 because we do not expect new ethane cracking capacity to come online in the United States. …
Fonte/Source: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/archive/2023/230601/includes/analysis_print.php