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Making American (ethane) great again – Did Trump wave goodbye to the next wave of US steamcracker capacity?
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Report summary
AEC has partnered with Amshale and TSG Global Holdings to build a 10 Mtpa (485 kb/d) ethane export terminal in Port Arthur, Texas. This terminal's capacity is twice the size of Enterprise's Morgan's Point terminal, and is sized to export nearly a third of current US ethane production. Nanshan's 2.5 Mtpa contract is nearly twice as large as Reliance's existing deal with Enterprise.
Table of contents
- Ethane versus naphtha cash costs in China
- Why are Asian petrochemical companies interested in US ethane?
- Will AEC derail the next wave of US ethylene capacity?
- Our Views
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Landed feedstock costs into ChinaChina ethylene cash costsUS ethane export capacity
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AEC impact on USGC ethane balancesUS LPG export capacityAsia and US PDH capacity
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