LP-Gas Transportation and Storage Subcommittee of LP-Gas Industry Advisory Committee on the study of future U. S. requirements for propane and butanes through 1980

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7280426

Demand for LP gas, propane and butanes, in U.S. is forecast to increase moderately through 1980, with demand volumes rising from 988,000 bbl/d in 1976 to 1,235,000 bbl/d in 1980. Consumption by residual and commercial users is forecast to increase from 440,000 bbl/d in 1976 to 486,000 bbl/d in 1980. The largest demand increases are expected to occur with industrial users and as petrochemical feedstocks, with industrial propane volumes increasing from 63,000 bbl/d in 1976 to 105,000 bbl/d and chemical propane volumes from 125,000 to 200,000 bbl/d. The largest LP gas consuming areas are the Midwest, Great Plains, South, and Southwest. Total supplies from U.S. sources are expected to decline; LP gas refinery production should increase, but not enough to offset expected decreases from gas plant production. Imports from Canada should remain the same. Overseas imports would fill the shortfall and provide the products to serve the demand increases. Although new overseas production projects are expected to provide adequate supply to U.S. and other world markets, delays are expected for some of them. Vessels and import terminals are projected to be adequate to handle the increased imports. Expansions will be needed in primary storage facilities for East Coast terminals, and for shipments from terminals to markets. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Williams Companies, Tulsa, Okla. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7280426
• Report Number(s): NP-22448
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKANES
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DEMAND FACTORS
ENERGY SUPPLIES
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