{"id":47046,"date":"2016-04-15T11:31:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/commodities\/oil-ahoy-track-u-s-trade-flows-and-plot-vessel-movements\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:10:11","slug":"oil-ahoy-track-u-s-trade-flows-and-plot-vessel-movements","status":"publish","type":[3762],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/commodities\/oil-ahoy-track-u-s-trade-flows-and-plot-vessel-movements\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil, ahoy! Track U.S. trade flows and plot vessel movements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <style>section[data-anchor=row-6a094daf58add]::before {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #eeeeee;\n\t\t\t}<\/style>\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--custom-color  bg--eeeeee text--black bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a094daf58add'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-bottom\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/commodities\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Commodities\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 24px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">Oil, ahoy! Track U.S. trade flows and plot vessel movements<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-compact row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a094daf5eb47'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 40px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">April 15, 2016<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-6a094daf60398'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><em>Bloomberg Market Specialist, Bert Gilbert\u00a0contributed to this article. It appeared first on the Bloomberg Terminal.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exports of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas exceeded exports of diesel, gasoline and crude in February, even as the quickest propane supply drawdown in almost a decade pushed up prices. As prices go higher still, exports may react and inch down.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>The issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Propane, a natural gas liquid used for heating homes and making plastics, left the U.S. at the rate of 895,000 barrels per day in March. Houston is the largest LPG exporter in the country and is home to two of the nation\u2019s largest export facilities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/quote\/TRGP:US\">Targa Resources<\/a>\u2019 Galena Park terminal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/profile\/company\/EPD:US\">Enterprise Products Partners<\/a>\u2019 recently expanded terminal on the Houston Ship Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise\u2019s new terminal can handle 500,000 barrels per day, and CEO Jim Teague remains bullish on the resource.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur terminal is over 90 percent subscribed through 2019, and we have contracts extending well into the 2020s,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-02-29\/record-high-propane-shipments-leading-u-s-energy-export-boom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teague said<\/a>, adding that some of those are Asian countries that previously depended on Middle Eastern propane. \u201cWe\u2019ve signed two large contracts with Asian companies, one going to Japan and one South Korean company. 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