Argus Media writes that high U.S.LPG production and strong global demand has exporters exploring expansion options.Dock capacity could be the next looming constraint facing exporters as they seek to find outlets for rising domestic natural gas liquids output.Argus,citing ship operator Avance Gas(Oslo),notes that U.S.LPG exports averaged 53 very large gas carrier(VLGC)cargos a month in the third quarter of 2018,up from 46 cargos a month in the first quarter and from 27 in the whole of 2015.U.S.export capacity will increase by six to eight cargos a month now that the 275,000-bbld Mariner East 2 pipeline that feeds the Marcus Hook,Pa.terminal on the U.S.Atlantic coast is online.The line,owned by Energy Transfer Partners(Dallas),carries Mar-cellus shale propane and butane to Marcus Hook.
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